Meantime

Alternative forms

 * mean time

Etymology
From, as. Adverb is by ellipsis from undefined:.

Noun

 * 1) The time spent waiting for another event; time in between.
 * I'll get started tomorrow, but in the meantime let's see if we can get a few more opinions.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * French: pendant ce temps


 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: interea, interim

Derived terms

 * for the mean time, for the meantime
 * in mean time, in meantime
 * in the mean time, in the meantime
 * this mean time, this meantime

Related terms

 * meanwhile

Adverb

 * 1) during the interval; meanwhile
 * 2) * 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
 * Meantime Pope Urban II convoked two councils, one after another.
 * 1) *1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 97:
 * Lunch will be in twenty minutes. Meantime: I have

Translations

 * Finnish:

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