Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The intervening time.
- adv. During or in the intervening time: Meanwhile, life goes on.
- adv. At the same time: The court is deliberating; meanwhile, we must be patient.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Same as meantime.
- n. Same as meantime: only in the phrase in the meanwhile: two words, written as one.
Wiktionary
- n. The time between two events
- adv. During the time (that something is happening).
- adv. At the same time, but elsewhere.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. at the same time but in another place
- adv. during the intervening time
- n. the time between one event, process, or period and another
Etymologies
- From Middle English. Adverb is by ellipsis from in the mean while, noun being conventionally written as one word after the adverb. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“McCain meanwhile, is a decorated war veteran who spent nearly five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.”
“The symbol for the British pound, meanwhile, comes from the Latin word for scales”
“Moyer, meanwhile, is a likely fit for the role of Mary's ex-husband, who apparently has an important part to play.”
“Robertson, meanwhile, is trying to kill the image of a bank famed for its stability and clean succession-planning being rocked by internecine warfare.”
The Guardian: Surprise on the menu for HSBC's chief executive Michael Geoghegan
“Frankel, meanwhile, is rated the best horse Henry Cecil has had in many a year after a sensational 10-length success in last weekend's Royal Lodge at Ascot propelled him to the top of the betting for the Newmarket Classic.”
“The blogosphere, meanwhile, is beginning to show signs of commercial acumen: "Lots of bloggers, over time, make a good living – perhaps a couple of hundred thousand dollars a year from advertising.”
The Guardian: Author Don Tapscott on the growing influence of public participation
“I hear Pearson, meanwhile, is working on a musical version of her latest book, I Think I Love You, about a Welsh teenager's obsession with David Cassidy.”
“His racing education, meanwhile, is also continuing at a rapid pace.”
The Guardian: No place to hide for hype-horse Frankel or Henry Cecil as fog descends
“Janis, meanwhile, is leaning against him – draped might be a better word – her head on his shoulder, her hand on his knee, her smile sly or victorious, I can't quite tell which.”
The Guardian: Saul Bellow's widow on his life and letters: 'His gift was to love and be loved'
“The United States, meanwhile, is ranked by human rights and democracy promotion groups as one of the freest countries in the world.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘meanwhile’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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EN - Glasgow stop list
Words to be replaced by a paragraph mark if you are after terms and MWEs.
yours, yourself, yet, your, without, you, within, will, yourselves, would, why, with and 291 more...
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meaning
bemean, demean, meaningful, meaningless, meant, intermean, misdemeanor, means, cadmean, meanwhile, permeance, idumean and 59 more...
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Time transitional
meanwhile, at length, presently, at last, finally, immediately, thereafter, at that time, subsequently, eventually, currently, in the meantime and 2 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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Mary and Max (2009)
Words from 2009 'Mary and Max' film.
muddy, puddle, birthmark, piggyback, pensive, gumnut, pompom, salvage, takeaway, oven, shed, deliberate and 112 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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constructions
+structural words that may be commonplace, but have plenty of punch
against, contrast, oppose, although, addition, besides, likewise, consquently, as a result, hence, otherwise, chief and 7 more...
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time zones
time zone, transient, hitherto, now, meanwhile, hereafter, henceforth, forthwith, ere, while, hebdomadally, sometimes and 9 more...
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MEC4 Lesson 152
cannonball, blow away, improbable, hardened, handicapper, regarded, defiance, obstacle, destined, cargo, cargo plane, Caracas and 49 more...
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