Interim (Noun)
Meaning
The time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The new manager will take over as the interim CEO until a permanent replacement is found.
- In the interim between semesters, students can take electives or work on projects.
- Meanwhile the socialists are running the government, as the old regime collapses and the new one forms in the interim.
- During the interim between contract renewals, employees can renegotiate their terms and conditions.
- The artist's use of improvisation allows for a kind of interim process between planned and unplanned creative expressions.