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meanwhile

[ meen-hwahyl, -wahyl ]

noun



adverb

  1. in the intervening time; during the interval.
  2. at the same time:

    Meanwhile, the others were back home enjoying themselves.

meanwhile

/ ˈmiːnˌwaɪl /

adverb

  1. during the intervening time or period
  2. at the same time, esp in another place


noun

  1. another word for meantime

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Word History and Origins

Origin of meanwhile1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; mean 3 + while

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Example Sentences

Meanwhile, in Florida, Bush was flooded with questions about whether gay marriage could possibly come to the Sunshine State.

Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.

Meanwhile two kids were taken from their mother when she flew back to the UK from Turkey.

The woman in question, meanwhile, has business of her own to take care of—she is reported to be shopping a memoir.

Meanwhile, the Anti-Defamation League issued a statement deploring the state GOP for its failure to censure Duke.

Elizabeth, meanwhile, was filled with alarms respecting her daughter's unhappy infatuation.

Meanwhile, he had been selected as aide-de-camp by General d'Ure de Molans.

Meanwhile, the Australian submarine has got up through the Narrows and has torpedoed a gunboat at Chunuk.

None of them came; but meanwhile a very extraordinary thing happened, for the house itself began to go.

Meanwhile, another form of imitation is developing, the fashioning of lasting semblances.

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