meanwhile

Etymology
From, equivalent to. Adverb is by ellipsis from, noun being conventionally written as one word after the adjective.

Noun

 * 1) The time between two events.
 * 2) * Quoted in 2002, Stephen C. Ausband, Byrd's Line: A Natural History (page 37)
 * In the meanwhile, the surveyors carried the line three miles, which was no contemptible day's work, considering how cruelly they were entangled with briers and gallbushes.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:interim

Adverb

 * 1) During the time that something is happening,  in a different place.
 * 2) During an intervening time; from now until a future time.
 * 3) In contrast to aspects previously mentioned.
 * 1) During an intervening time; from now until a future time.
 * 2) In contrast to aspects previously mentioned.
 * 1) In contrast to aspects previously mentioned.
 * 1) In contrast to aspects previously mentioned.
 * 1) In contrast to aspects previously mentioned.
 * 1) In contrast to aspects previously mentioned.
 * 1) In contrast to aspects previously mentioned.

Translations

 * Basque: bitartean
 * Belarusian: у то́й жа ча́с, тым ча́сам
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: imens, i mellemtiden
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: dume, samtempe
 * Finnish: samaan aikaan
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:, , entanto, encanto
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek: εν τω μεταξύ
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:, nel frattempo
 * Latin: interim, tantisper
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: imens, i mellomtida
 * Persian: در این فاصله
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ao mesmo tempo,
 * Romanian: între timp
 * Russian: в э́то вре́мя,
 * Sardinian: in tantu, peristantu
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: u međuvremenu
 * Slovene: medtem
 * Spanish: mientras tanto
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: в то́й же ча́с, тим ча́сом
 * Yiddish: דערווײַל


 * Arabic:, لَمَّا فِي الأَثْنَاءِ
 * Belarusian: тым ча́сам, між ты́м
 * Bulgarian: през това́ вре́ме
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: imens, i mellemtiden
 * Dutch:, , in de tussentijd
 * Esperanto: dume
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, , entanto
 * German:, , in der Zwischenzeit, ,
 * Greek: εν τω μεταξύ
 * Hebrew: בינתיים
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, nel frattempo
 * Japanese: その間に
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: لە ھەمان کات
 * Latin: intereā
 * Malay:, pada masa yang sama
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: enquanto isso,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: in tantu, peristantu
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: u međuvremenu
 * Slovene: medtem
 * Spanish: mientras tanto,, a todo esto, a todas estas
 * Swedish:, , under mellantiden
 * Ukrainian: тим ча́сом, між ти́м


 * Danish: imidlertid
 * Esperanto:
 * Hungarian:, , , , ,
 * Portuguese: