MEANWHILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meanwhile mean? 

• MEANWHILE (noun)
  The noun MEANWHILE has 1 sense:

1. the time between one event, process, or period and another

  Familiarity information: MEANWHILE used as a noun is very rare.

• MEANWHILE (adverb)
  The adverb MEANWHILE has 2 senses:

1. at the same time but in another place

2. during the intervening time

  Familiarity information: MEANWHILE used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEANWHILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The time between one event, process, or period and another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

interim; lag; meantime; meanwhile

Context example:

meanwhile the socialists are running the government

Hypernyms ("meanwhile" 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 "meanwhile"):

interregnum (the time between two reigns, governments, etc.)

• MEANWHILE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

At the same time but in another place

Context example:

meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Sense 2

Meaning:

During the intervening time

Synonyms:

in the meantime; meantime; meanwhile

Context example:

in the meantime the police were notified

 Context examples 

In the meanwhile, you must try to look at it from a new point of view, and not as a schoolboy.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Meanwhile, X-ray astronomers were getting their first look at the sky using sounding rockets and orbiting satellites, which revealed a million-degree X-ray glow coming from all directions.

(Evidence for supernovas near Earth, NASA)

In the meanwhile the EP recommends the precautionary principle.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

Meanwhile, optical light data from SDSS and LBT showed characteristic spectral signatures of material being consumed by the three supermassive black holes.

(Three Black Holes on Collision Course, NASA)

Meanwhile he had gone outside again and mounted his horse and thrown off the cloak.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Meanwhile, niacin and antioxidants showed a very small effect that might signify an increased risk of death from any cause.

(Most Popular Supplements Provide No Health Benefit, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Meanwhile, another instrument on Voyager registers the shock waves, too.

(Sun sends more 'tsunami waves' to Voyager 1, NASA)

Laurie meanwhile posted off to comfort Amy, and told his story so well that Aunt March actually 'sniffed' herself, and never once said "I told you so".

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

They ought to be setting off for Uppercross by one, and in the meanwhile were to be all together, and out of doors as long as they could.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Meanwhile, the older adults who exercised showed small improvements in cognitive function no matter what type of exercise they did.

(Aerobic Exercise May Mildly Delay, Slightly Improve Alzheimer's Symptoms, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)