English

Alternative forms

• mean time

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.

Synonyms

• between-time

Translations

Derived terms

Related terms

• meanwhile

Adverb

meantime ‎(comparative more meantime, superlative most meantime)

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, 1992 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 97:

     Lunch will be in twenty minutes. Meantime: I have […]

Usage notes

Usually appears sentence-initially.

Translations