interims
SayIN-tuh-rimz/ˈɪntəɹɪmz/
- 1Plural of interim. Rare; the noun is used mainly in the phrase in the interim.
Note
Only the noun can take this -s. Interim also works as an adjective meaning transitional or temporary, and English adjectives never show plural number. Several pauses are interims, but the measures adopted during them remain interim measures, never interims measures. When the word stands before another noun, keep it bare however many things it describes. When it stands alone and counts the gaps themselves, add the -s.
interims is a form of interim
interim, noun: A period of time that falls between two events or stages, marking the transition from one to the other. Full entry
- Forms
- interiminterims plural
- Spelling
- interim → interims: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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