meantime
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meantime
- /ˈmiːntaɪm/
Where it comes from
From Middle English menetime, equivalent to mean + time. Adverb is by ellipsis from in the meantime.
noun meantimes · mean time
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The time spent waiting for another event; time in between.
We'll come back asap; just wait here for the meantime.
Similar: between-time, meanwhile
adverb mean time
- During the interval; meanwhile. Repairs will be done tomorrow so meantime restrain from using the bath.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: meanwhile, wait, waiting, lapse, moment, while, interim, elsewhere, interval, period, now, expectation, anticipation, concurrently, simultaneously, attendant
Translations
Every language
noun time in between
| Español | entretanto |
|---|---|
| Français | pendant ce temps, en attendant |
| Deutsch | Zwischenzeit |
| Italiano | frattempo, contempo, attesa |
adv meanwhile
| Español | en tanto (locution), entre tanto (locution), entretanto, mientras tanto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 그동안 geudong'an |
| 日本語 | その間 sono aida |
| 中文 | 其間 /其间 qíjiān, 與此同時 /与此同时 yǔcǐtóngshí |
| Deutsch | unterdessen |
| Русский | тем вре́менем tem vrémenem, ме́жду те́м méždu tém |
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