1. in the meantime - Adverb
2. in the meantime - Phrase
during the intervening time
Source: WordNetI love having boyfriends. A girl can wait for the right man to come along – but in the meantime that doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones. Cher
We can't do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves. Banksy
We need not seek our own best selves, and in the meantime we inoculate ourselves against the viruses of age and idealism, which, as the advertising agencies well know, depress sales and sour the feasts of consumption. Lewis H. Lapham
The last Hague Conference has in the meantime expressed its opinion that a body should be established which could prepare for the work involved more effectively than has hitherto proved possible. Fredrik Bajer
The secret of patience is doing something else in the meantime. Spanish Proverb
The mother said "I will die", the wife said "I will marry", and in the meantime the house is full of dirt. Georgian Proverb