Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. In or for the meantime; temporarily.
- adj. Acting or done ad interim; temporary. See Synonyms at temporary.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In the mean time; for the present.
Wiktionary
- adv. In or for the meantime; temporarily
GNU Webster's 1913
- Meanwhile; temporary.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. for an intervening time; temporarily.
Etymologies
- Latin ad, to, for + interim, the meantime. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“All these courts were integrated into a Grand Council, over which the Palatine presided, and which had an ad interim ordinance-making power and the right of initiative in legislation.”
“Cornthwaite (formerly of Beverley, henceforth of Leeds) being ad interim named administrator of the new Diocese of Middlesbrough.”
Lists
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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Latin
tempus fugit, ad absurdum, ad hominem, ad infinitum, ad nauseam, deus ex machina, in absentia, in loco parentis, in vino veritas, ipso facto, mea culpa, memento mori and 36 more...
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jmjarmstrong's list
Words that I used to know.
geloscopy, hunker, willy nilly, harum scarum, whacko, meh, nork, misunderestimate, atrabiliousness, luftmensch, auxanometer, hyperhedonia and 1948 more...
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Foreign Phrases
sui generis, non sequitur, carte blanche, ad nauseam, ad interim, ad infinitum, de rigueur, ultra vires, ex parte, ad hoc, bon vivant, double entendre and 22 more...
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jmjarmstrong JM has made an ad interim decision to leave it uncertain. Jun 27, 2010