{
    "term": "interim",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "intended to last for only a short time until somebody/something more permanent is found",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an interim government/measure/report"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The vice-president took power in **the interim period** before the election."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He only holds the post on an interim basis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company uses the agency when a vacancy needs to be filled on an interim basis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The value of the property almost doubled during the interim period."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "calculated before the final results of something are known",
            "labels": "(finance)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**interim figures/profits/results**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The injured passenger received an interim award of £50 000 damages."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪntərɪm/",
                "audio": "in/interim/interim__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪntərɪm/",
                "audio": "in/interim/interim__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (denoting a provisional arrangement, originally for the adjustment of religious differences between the German Protestants and the Roman Catholic Church): from Latin, ‘meanwhile’."
}