Meanwhile

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The intervening time.
  • ad. During or in the intervening time: Meanwhile, life goes on.
  • ad. At the same time: The court is deliberating; meanwhile, we must be patient.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The time between two events
  • ad. During the time (that something is happening).
  • ad. At the same time, but elsewhere.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as meantime.
  • n. Same as meantime: only in the phrase in the meanwhile: two words, written as one.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. at the same time but in another place
  • ad. during the intervening time
  • n. the time between one event, process, or period and another
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    meantime