interim
B2CEFR level
40/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
Medicine adjective
Relating to a temporary period before something more permanent is settled.
An interim discharge summary was sent while the final histology results were awaited.
Law adjective
Describing measures or relief granted provisionally before the final award.
The tribunal issued an interim measure freezing the disputed funds pending its final decision.
Business adjective
Holding a role temporarily until a permanent appointment is made.
The board named an interim chief executive while the search dragged on.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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