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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the time between one event, process, or period and another;
- Example: "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"
[syn: interim, meantime, meanwhile, lag]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. serving during an intermediate interval of time;
- Example: "an interim agreement"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Interim \In"ter*im\, n. [L., fr. inter between + im, an old
   accusative of is he, this, that.]
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   1. The meantime; time intervening; interval between events,
      etc.
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            All the interim is
            Like a phantasms, or a hideous dream. --Shak.
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   2. (Hist.) A name given to each of three compromises made by
      the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of
      harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and
      Catholics.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

interim
    adj 1: serving during an intermediate interval of time; "an
           interim agreement"
    n 1: the time between one event, process, or period and another;
         "meanwhile the socialists are running the government" [syn:
         interim, meantime, meanwhile, lag]