meantime adv 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" [syn: {meanwhile}, {meantime}, {in the meantime}] n 1: the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government" [syn: {interim}, {meantime}, {meanwhile}, {lag}]
Meantime \Mean"time`\, Meanwhile \Mean"while`\, n. The intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean time). [1913 Webster] Meantime
Meantime \Mean"time`\, Meanwhile \Mean"while`\, adv. In the intervening time; during the interval. [1913 Webster]