interims
Times between events
Interims are provisional arrangements or temporary periods between more permanent states.
The word usually appears in specific contexts: interim reports, interim governments, interim measures.
Three interims later, we still didn't have a permanent director.
The plural is less common than the singular, which typically functions as an adjective or in the phrase in the interim.
Duration between two points
- spaceUnoccupied area or interval
- meantimeIntervening time interval
- meanwhileDuring the intervening time
- interveningComing between to affect
in-between · intermediate · middle · betwixt · separating · spanning · connecting · linking
Uncertain and provisional
- preliminaryBefore the main part
- draftPreliminary version of text
- conditionalDependent on prerequisites
- trialJudicial examination of claims
experimental · exploratory · pilot · prototype · acting · caretaker · stopgap · makeshift
Interrupt continuity
- recessPause in activity
- hiatusBreak in activity
- lullTemporary period of quiet
- respiteShort pause from hardship
breather · interlude · intermission · downtime · suspension · adjournment · moratorium · hold
Complete shift between systems
- passageSegment of text
- shiftMovement or work period
- conversionAct of changing states
- handoverTransfer of control
turnover · succession · transfer · bridge · crossover · segue · progression · phase
interval
Duration between two points
- spaceUnoccupied area or interval
- meantimeIntervening time interval
- meanwhileDuring the intervening time
intervening · in-between · intermediate · middle · betwixt · separating · spanning · connecting · linking · dividing
tentative
Uncertain and provisional
- preliminaryBefore the main part
- draftPreliminary version of text
- conditionalDependent on prerequisites
trial · experimental · exploratory · pilot · prototype · acting · caretaker · stopgap · makeshift · improvised
break
Interrupt continuity
respite · breather · interlude · intermission · downtime · suspension · adjournment · moratorium · hold · standby
changeover
Complete shift between systems
- passageSegment of text
- shiftMovement or work period
- conversionAct of changing states
handover · turnover · succession · transfer · bridge · crossover · segue · progression · phase · switchover
interimspermanences
Enduring, unchanging conditions
eternities · perpetuities · permanents · permanencies · continuities
interimsfinals
Concluding tests or matches
conclusions · completions · finalizations · resolutions · culminations
- interim governmentTemporary administration between permanent ones
- interim presidentTemporary head of state
- interim leaderTemporary person in charge
- interim CEOTemporary top executive
- interim coachTemporary team leader
- interim measuresTemporary actions before resolution