ad interim

Dictionary: ad in·ter·im (ĭn'tər-əm) pronunciation

adv.
In or for the meantime; temporarily.

adj.
Acting or done ad interim; temporary. See synonyms at temporary.

[Latin ad, to, for + interim, the meantime.]

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[Latin, In the meantime.] An officer ad interim is a person appointed to fill a position that is temporarily open, or to perform the functions of a particular position during the absence or temporary incapacity of the individual who regularly fulfills those duties.

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The adverb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: for an intervening time; temporarily

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The Latin phrase ad interim (often shortened to ad int) literally means "in the time between" denotes the meaning of "in the meantime", "for an intervening time" or "temporarily" in the English language. It also refers to a diplomatic officer who acts in place of an ambassador, as in the term chargé d'affaires ad interim.

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An invitation from the Japanese embassy of Iceland.

Examples from classic literature:

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No; but she has become queen of Paris, ad interim. and since she could not venture at once to establish herself in the Palais Royal or the Tuileries, she is installed at the Hotel de Ville, where she is on the point of giving an heir or an heiress to that dear duke.

— chapter 77 of the English translation of Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas, père^[1]

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Ad interim, if I may be pardoned that expression, I shall give you this betel-box, which is highly valuable article and cost me two rupees only four years ago.

— Kim by Rudyard Kipling

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The abbreviation a.i. is used in job titles. E.g. Director of Operations, a.i.

References

^ Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas, père at Gutenberg.org

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