meantime

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See also: mean time

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Etymology

From Middle English menetime, equivalent to mean +‎ time. Adverb is by ellipsis from in the meantime.

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  • enPR: mēnʹtīm, IPA(key): /ˈmiːntaɪm/
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Noun

meantime (countable and uncountable, plural meantimes)

  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.

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Adverb

meantime (not comparable)

  1. During the interval; meanwhile.
    • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
      Meantime Pope Urban II convoked two councils, one after another.
    • 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam edition edition, published 1992, →ISBN, page 97:
      Lunch will be in twenty minutes. Meantime: I have […]
    • 1951 May, J. Pelham Maitland, “A Memorable Run by a Brighton "Terrier"”, in Railway Magazine, page 347:
      Meantime, the train went on to Brighton without further incident. No small stir was caused by its arrival with No. 61 at its head, resplendent with "East London Line Special" head boards, which at once caught the eye of William Stroudley, who was observing the traffic working from his office window.

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