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Definition of Meantime

1. Adverb. During the intervening time. "In the meantime the police were notified"

2. Noun. The time between one event, process, or period and another. "Meanwhile the socialists are running the government"

Definition of Meantime

1. n. The intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean time).

2. adv. In the intervening time; during the interval.

Definition of Meantime

1. Noun. The time spent waiting for another event; time in between. ¹

2. Adverb. during the interval; meanwhile ¹

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Definition of Meantime

1. the intervening time [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Meantime

means means-test means-tested means of exchange means of production means of transport means of transportation means proportional means test meanspirited

meanspiritedly meanspiritedness meant meant to be meantime (current term) meantimes meantone meanwhile meanwhiles meanwhilst

meany mear meare meares mearing mearstone mease meased measelry

Literary usage of Meantime

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... in the meantime, he quivered under the effluvium of an immense love, a supreme and universal tenderness, as if the heart of all humanity were throbbing ..."

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