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MEANWHILE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does meanwhile mean?

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

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

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

• MEANWHILE (adverb)
The adverb MEANWHILE has 2 senses:

1. at the same time but in another place
2. during the intervening time

Familiarity information: MEANWHILE used as an adverb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MEANWHILE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

interim; meantime; meanwhile; lag

Context example:

meanwhile the socialists are running the government

Hypernyms ("meanwhile" 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 "meanwhile"):

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

• MEANWHILE (adverb)

Sense 1

meanwhile ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

At the same time but in another place

Context example:

meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Sense 2

meanwhile ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

During the intervening time

Synonyms:

in the meantime; meantime; meanwhile

Context examples:

meanwhile I will not think about the problem / meantime he was attentive to his other interests / in the meantime the police were notified

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