meanwhile Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the time between one event, process, or period and another
    meantime; interim; lag.
    • meanwhile the socialists are running the government
  2. adverb at the same time but in another place
    • meanwhile, back at the ranch...
  3. adverb during the intervening time
    meantime; in the meantime.
    • meanwhile I will not think about the problem
    • meantime he was attentive to his other interests
    • in the meantime the police were notified

WordNet

Mean"time`, Mean"while` noun (Also<
  • Meantime
  • Meanwhile
)
Definitions
  1. The intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean time).
Mean"time`, Mean"while` adverb (Also<
  • Meantime
  • Meanwhile
)
Definitions
  1. In the intervening time; during the interval.

Webster 1913