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meantime

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mean⋅time

[meen-tahym]
–noun
1. the intervening time: The party is Tuesday, but in the meantime I have to shop and prepare the food.
–adverb
2. meanwhile.

Origin:
1300–50; ME; see mean 3 , time
mean·time   (mēn'tīm')   
n.  The time between one occurrence and another; an interval.
adv.  During a period of intervening time; meanwhile.

Meantime

Mean"time`\, Meanwhile \Mean"while`\, n. The intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean time).

Meantime

Mean"time`\, Meanwhile \Mean"while`\, adv. In the intervening time; during the interval.
Language Translation for : meantime
Spanish: mientras tanto, entretanto,
German: inzwischen,
Japanese: その間 (に)
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