Noun
- 1. interim, meantime, meanwhile, lag, time interval, interval
- usage: the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"
Adverb
- 1. meanwhile
- usage: at the same time but in another place; "meanwhile, back at the ranch..."
- 2. meanwhile, meantime, in the meantime
- usage: 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"
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