/ˈmiːnwaɪl/ (without the wine–whine merger) IPA(key): /ˈmiːnhwaɪl/ <span class="searchmatch">meanwhile</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">meanwhiles</span>) The time between two events. Quoted in 2002, Stephen C. Ausband...
From Middle English in the meene while, in þe mene while. in the <span class="searchmatch">meanwhile</span> Temporarily, <span class="searchmatch">meanwhile</span>. Synonym: in the interim <span class="searchmatch">meanwhile</span> — see <span class="searchmatch">meanwhile</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">meanwhile</span> uses plural of <span class="searchmatch">meanwhile</span> use...
<span class="searchmatch">meanwhiles</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">meanwhile</span> main wheels, mainwheels...
<span class="searchmatch">meanwhile</span> use (plural <span class="searchmatch">meanwhile</span> uses) (urban studies, architecture) short-term use of a vacant site; a place subject to such a use 2013 March 19, Rosie...
meanwhilst (not comparable) (archaic) <span class="searchmatch">meanwhile</span> meanwhilst (plural not attested) (archaic) <span class="searchmatch">meanwhile</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">meanwhile</span>. Already in the 1580s, the use started to shift from time (= <span class="searchmatch">meanwhile</span>) to cause (= however). Rhymes: -iːd emellertid (archaic) <span class="searchmatch">meanwhile</span>,...