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View synonyms for meantime

meantime

[ meen-tahym ]

noun

  1. the intervening time: times:

    The party is Tuesday, but in the meantime I have to shop and prepare the food.



adverb

meantime

/ ˈmiːnˌtaɪm /

noun

  1. the intervening time or period, as between events (esp in the phrase in the meantime )


adverb

  1. another word for meanwhile

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Word History and Origins

Origin of meantime1

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; mean 3, time

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Example Sentences

In the meantime, he should just accept that the holdup has nothing to do with his politics.

In the meantime, Epstein has tried to use his charitable projects to float him back to the top.

In the meantime, Democrats in the Senate need to find ways to take the right stands.

In the meantime, Grimm faces no legal pressure to leave office.

In the meantime, most of the detailed studies are incomplete in one way or another.

In the meantime, the outlaw, having observed how much more cordially the tyrant is received than himself, has made his exit.

Of course they would stop for the wedding; but meantime she must be very discreet; she must not intrude too much.

Meantime was it possible that by fondling she wanted to get anything out of Black Sheep?

When the engine gets on two lifts, I will write to you again, and in the meantime please to give me your thoughts on the engine.

In the meantime her father went over to the west side, presumably to call on Mrs. Pruitt.

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