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MEANTIME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time between one event, process, or period and another
Example:
meanwhile the socialists are running the government
Synonyms:
interim; lag; meantime; meanwhile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("meantime" is a kind of...):
interval; time interval (a definite length of time marked off by two instants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meantime"):
interregnum (the time between two reigns, governments, etc.)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
During the intervening time
Example:
in the meantime the police were notified
Synonyms:
in the meantime; meantime; meanwhile
Classified under:
Context examples:
In the meantime I wish you both good-morning.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The old man had, in the meantime, been pensive, but on the appearance of his companions he assumed a more cheerful air, and they sat down to eat.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Meantime he began to be tired, and hungry too, for he had given away his last penny in his joy at getting the cow.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
In the meantime you shall all be treated as my guests, and while you live in the Palace my people will wait upon you and obey your slightest wish.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Meantime, you forget essential points in pursuing trifles: you do not inquire why Mr. Briggs sought after you—what he wanted with you.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I'll wait, and in the meantime, you could be learning to like me.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Meantime we can only renew our interrupted slumbers.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mrs. Jennings, in the meantime, talked on as loud as she could, and continued her account of their surprise, the evening before, on seeing their friends, without ceasing till every thing was told.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
In the meantime, clinical findings indicated that the virus was in the central nervous system, in the cerebrospinal fluid—the liquid around the brain.
(Zika virus found to harm adults’ memory and motor system, Agência Brasil/EBC)
In the meantime the claim was cleaned up and firewood stocked in.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
