Meantime

Definition: Meantime

Meantime

Adverb

1. During the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "meantime" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Meantime

Time

Adverb: while, whilst, during, pending; during the time, during the interval; in the course of, at that point, at that point in time; for the time being, day by day; in the time of, when; meantime, meanwhile; in the meantime, in the interim; ad interim, pendente lite; de die in diem; from day to day, from hour to hour; hourly, always; for a time, for a season;

Crosswords: Meantime

And in the meantime you can explain to me, what is an elevator (Seven Years in Tibet; writing credit: Becky Johnston)

Meantime, I got better fish to fry. (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters)

In the meantime, what do you say we get down to business (Liar Liar; writing credit: Paul Guay; Stephen Mazur)

If I was to be a free young malchick again in a fortnight's time, I would put up with much in the meantime. O my brothers (A Clockwork Orange; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick)

Like the back of my hand, that is assuming the walls haven't sprouted legs and moved in the meantime. (The Others; writing credit: Alejandro Amenábar)

It's raining in the park but meantime (Sultans Of Swing; performing artist: Dire Straits)

Darling In the Meantime (1944)

Meantime (1981)

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Books

• In the Meantime (reference)

• Living in the Meantime (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Meantime (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Survival In Meantime (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Meantime the markets kept ever growing, the demand ever rising. (reference)

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In the meantime, engrossed in this study, which took up all his time, as well as all his thoughts, he hardly saw the Gillenormands more

Meantime, this deep disgrace in brotherhood Touches me deeper than you can imagine

In the meantime, I felt at least forty more of the same kind (as I conjectured) following the first

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Business

Thus, in the meantime, the market for fuel additives will remain buoyant. (references)

German manufacturers were slow to react, but in the meantime the situation has changed and they are regaining market share. (references)

Orbcomm Ukraine plans to construct a land based communication station near Kiev. In the meantime, the company covers Ukraine through a station located in Italy. (references)

Civil Liberties

Estonia

The Russian Orthodox congregation meantime asked for two postponements of the court hearing in the hope that the issue could be settled out of court. (references)

Economic History

Bolivia

In the meantime it can be difficult to enforce contracts through a court system in which corruption and inefficiency are significant problems. (references)

Eritrea

Early in 1977, the United States informed the Ethiopian Government that it intended to close Kagnew Station by September 30, 1977. In the meantime, U.S. relations with the Mengistu regime were worsening. (references)

Political Economy

EGYPT

It will take some time for the invoice-based system to be fully implemented, and in the meantime importers face a confusing mix of the new and old systems. (references)

Hungary

Only after Hungary becomes a full EU member will the MRA between the EU and the United States become applicable - unless in the meantime Hungary signs a separate MRA with the United States. (references)

HONG KONG

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has promised to consider further relaxation of this limit in 2001. In the meantime, foreign banks can acquire local banks that have unlimited branching rights. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "meantime": in a meantime ♦ in the meantime. Additional references.

Ending with "meantime": Greenwich-meantime.

Afrikaans

tegelyk (all, all the time, at, at the same time, in the meantime, meanwhile), solank (all, all the time, in the meantime, meanwhile), intusse (all, all the time, all the while, in the meantime, meanwhile). (various references)

Albanian

ndërsa (as, meanwhile, whereas, while, whiles, whilst), ndërkohë (interim, interval, lag, meanwhile, whiles). (various references)

Arabic 

‏في غضون (meanwhile), ‏خلال (during, meanwhile, midst, over, through), ‏إبان (during, meanwhile). (various references)

Bulgarian 

междувременно (meanwhile), през това време (meanwhile). (various references)

Chinese 

其时. (various references)

Czech

mezidobí (interim, interval), zatím (for the time being, in the meantime, meanwhile, so far, yet). (various references)

Danish

UTC (coordinated universal time, co-ordinated universal time, Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich-meantime), co-ordinated universal time (coordinated universal time, co-ordinated universal time, Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich-meantime). (various references)

Dutch

zolang (all the time, as long, in the meantime, meanwhile), voorlopig (all the time, for the time being, in the meantime, meanwhile, provisional, temporarily, temporary), vast (abiding, all the time, certain, certainly, constant, continual, continuous, definite, definitive, fast, firm, firmly, fixed, in the meantime, lasting, meanwhile, permanent, probably, solid, stable, sure, sustained), UTC (coordinated universal time, co-ordinated universal time, Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich-meantime), intussen (all the time, all the while, in the meantime, meanwhile), inmiddels (all the time, all the while, in the meantime, meanwhile), gecoördineerde universele tijd (coordinated universal time, co-ordinated universal time, Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich-meantime), daarentegen (all the time, in the meantime, meanwhile, on the contrary, otherwise). (various references)

Esperanto

dume (all the time, in the meantime, meanwhile). (various references)

Farsi 

ضمنا (Meanwhile, Tacit), درضمن (Course, Meanwhile), درخلال (Meanwhile), دراین ضمن (Meanwhile), دراثناء (Meanwhile). (various references)

Finnish

sill'aikaa (meanwhile), sillä välin, sillä aikaa (meanwhile). (various references)

French

pendant ce temps, entrefaites (in the meantime, meanwhile), entre temps (meanwhile). (various references)

Frisian

alfêst (all the time, already, by now, in the meantime, meanwhile, yet). (various references)

German

Zwischenzeit (gap, interim, intermediate time, interval, intervening period), inzwischen (all the time, in the meantime, meanwhile, since). (various references)

Greek 

στο μεταξύ, εν τω μεταξύ (between, in the meantime, meanwhile). (various references)

Hebrew 

לפי שעה (for now, for the nonce, for the time being), בין כה וכה (anyhow, meanwhile), בינתים (in the meantime, meanwhile). (various references)

Hungarian

időközben (in the meantime, meanwhile). (various references)

Italian

mentre (as, as long as, meanwhile, moment, whereas, while, whilst), nel frattempo (between, meanwhile), nel frattemoi (in the meantime, meanwhile), intanto (at the same time, in the meantime, in the meanwhile, meanwhile), frattanto (meanwhile), frattèmpo. (various references)

Korean 

동시에. (various references)

Papiamen

mientrastantu (all the time, in the meantime, meanwhile), mientrastanto (all the time, in the meantime, meanwhile), den esei (all the time, all the while, in the meantime, meanwhile). (various references)

Pig Latin

eantimemay.(various references)

Polish

tymczasem (all the time, in the meantime, meanwhile). (various references)

Portuguese

entretanto (at the same time, but, however, in the meantime, indeed, meanwhile, nevertheless, still, though, yet). (various references)

Romanian

pânã una alta (meanwhile), deocamdatã (for the present, for the time being, meanwhile), între timp (hereupon, in the mean time, in the meantime, meanwhile, the while). (various references)

Russian 

тем временем (in the interim, meanwhile), между тем (in the meantime, meanwhile). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

međuvreme (interim), u međuvremenu (meanwhile). (various references)

Spanish

mientras tanto (meanwhile, nonce, while), mientras (as, meanwhile, whereas, while, whilst), entretanto (betweenwhiles, meanwhile, while), entremedias (in between, in the meantime, meanwhile). (various references)

Swedish

under tiden (during, in the meantime, meanwhile). (various references)

Thai

ในระหว่างนั้น (between), เวลาในระหว่างนั้น. (various references)

Turkish

iken (as, during, in the meantime, in the meanwhile, meanwhile, when, while), bu arada (among other things, at this time, by the way, in the meantime, in the meanwhile, incidentally, inter alia, meanwhile). (various references)

Ukrainian

проміжок часу (interim, while). (various references)

Vietnamese 

trong lúc ấy (meanwhite), trong khi chờ đợi (meanwhite, pending), trong khi ấy (meanwhite), đang lúc ấy (meanwhite), $in the meantime$ trong lúc ấy (meanwhite). (various references)

Welsh

cyfamser. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "meantime": meantimes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Meantime" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: maintenue, mangiamo, Mantinea, Matanzima, Mattimoe, meanti, meantine, medanite, Menachim, mentum, meranti, mesangium, Metastim, Minatome, mountive. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: etamine, matinee, meatmen.

-2 letters: ammine, emetin, etamin, immane, inmate, meanie, tamein, tammie, teniae.

-3 letters: ament, amine, anime, eaten, emmet, enate, enema, entia, mamie, matin, meant, menta, minae, tenia, tinea.

-4 letters: amen, amie, amin, ante, anti, emit, etna, imam, item, maim, main, mane, mate, mean, meat, meet, meme, meta, mete, mien, mime, mina, mine, mint.

+1 letter: meantimes, mincemeat.

+2 letters: impalement, medicament, mincemeats.

+3 letters: amphetamine, impalements, impeachment, impedimenta, impermanent, manometries, medicaments, methenamine, methylamine.

+4 letters: amphetamines, anemometries, commentaries, committeeman, communicatee, geomagnetism, impeachments, mainstreamed, masterminded, methenamines, methylamines, misdemeanant, misplacement, misstatement, mistreatment, nonmetameric, telegramming.

+5 letters: communicatees, decamethonium, dismantlement, dynamometries, emblematizing, excommunicate, geomagnetisms, hexamethonium, immediateness, immutableness, impermanently, intermembrane, magnetometric, medicamentous, misdemeanants, mismanagement, misplacements, misstatements, mistreatments, momentariness, monumentalize, pyrimethamine, semipermanent.