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What is "meanwhile" in English? Definition and Explanations

Updated: 11-05-2026 by Wikilanguages.net
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What does meanwhile mean in English? Meaning of meanwhile definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "meanwhile" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "meanwhile": the time between one event, process, or period and another

Noun

  • Meaning: the time between one event, process, or period and another
  • Example: meanwhile the socialists are running the government
  • Synonyms: interim lag meantime meanwhile
  • Hyponyms: interregnum
  • Hypernyms: interval time interval

    • Meaning of "meanwhile": at the same time but in another place

    Adverb

  • Meaning: at the same time but in another place
  • Example: meanwhile, back at the ranch...
  • Synonyms: meanwhile

    • Meaning of "meanwhile": during the intervening time

    Adverb

  • Meaning: during the intervening time
  • Example: meanwhile I will not think about the problem meantime he was attentive to his other interests in the meantime the police were notified
  • Synonyms: in the meantime meantime meanwhile

    • Synonyms:

    meantime, till, in the meantime, simultaneously, until, when, ad interim, concurrently, during the interval, for now, for the duration, for the moment, for the time being, for then, in the interim, in the interval, in the intervening time, up to,

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    meanwhile in English: meanwhile
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