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meantime(dictionary)

meantime (iou)



meantime noun & adverb. Also mean time. ME.
[from MEAN adjective2 3 + TIME noun. Cf. MEANWHILE.]
A. noun. The time intervening between one particular period or event and another: in for the meantime, so long as the interval lasts, intended to serve for the interim; in the meantime, in meantime, the meantime, (a) = MEANWHILE adverb 1, (b) = MEANWHILE adverb 2. ME.
D. Eden In the meantime that hundred pounds must be sent. H. Acton Other books on the same subject are liable to be published in the meantime. Which? The telephone will..redial the number, even if you've hung up in the meantime.
b. adverb.
= MEANWHILE adverb 1. LME.
Times Literary Supplement Meantime..the numbers of people..increased immensely.
= MEANWHILE adverb 2. L16-L17.