INTERIM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interim mean? 

• INTERIM (noun)
  The noun INTERIM has 1 sense:

1. the time between one event, process, or period and another

  Familiarity information: INTERIM used as a noun is very rare.

• INTERIM (adjective)
  The adjective INTERIM has 1 sense:

1. serving during an intermediate interval of time

  Familiarity information: INTERIM used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERIM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The time between one event, process, or period and another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

interim; lag; meantime; meanwhile

Context example:

meanwhile the socialists are running the government

Hypernyms ("interim" is a kind of...):

interval; time interval (a definite length of time marked off by two instants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interim"):

interregnum (the time between two reigns, governments, etc.)

• INTERIM (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Serving during an intermediate interval of time

Context example:

an interim agreement

Similar:

impermanent; temporary (not permanent; not lasting)

 Context examples 

In addition, the ctDNA test was able to predict which patients would not respond to therapy as early as their second cycle of treatment, a strategy known as interim monitoring.

(Circulating tumor DNA in blood can predict recurrence of the most common type of lymphoma, NIH)

A study design which includes a prospectively planned opportunity for modification of one or more specified aspects of the study design and/or hypotheses based on analysis of data, usually interim data.

(Adaptive Design, NCI Thesaurus)

The planned duration from the start of dosing to the interim sacrifice of the subject.

(Interim Sacrifice Period, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, the ctDNA test was able to identify patients at high risk of treatment failure during treatment, a strategy known as interim monitoring.

(Tumor DNA in Blood Reveals Lymphoma Progression, NIH)

The study was stopped early when a pre-planned interim analysis revealed that intensive glucose control did not improve outcomes compared to standard treatment.

(Researchers get a handle on how to control blood sugar after stroke, National Institutes of Health)

And now, Doctor, we can do nothing until the answers to those letters come, so we may put our little problem upon the shelf for the interim.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A drug (other than the bulk ingredient API) that is in an interim stage of manufacture, processing, preparation, or packaging, and not ready for human or animal use.

(Drug for Further Processing, NCI Thesaurus)

The five phases include: induction, early intensification, central nervous system (CNS) prophylaxis and interim maintenance, late intensification and prolonged maintenance.

(Larson Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

"In about a month I hope to be a bridegroom," continued Mr. Rochester; "and in the interim, I shall myself look out for employment and an asylum for you."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The Biostatistics Shared Resource works with Cancer Center investigators to define study/protocol objectives and endpoints, analyze pilot data, select an appropriate study design, blinding methods and randomization scheme, plan interim analyses, define an adequate sample size and accrual rate, develop and evaluate the statistical methods and analyse data, prepare statistical sections of the grant and protocol applications, analyze and design relational databases, forms and reports.

(Biostatistics Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)