in the meantime

Speech parts

1. in the meantime - Adverb

2. in the meantime - Phrase

Meaning

during the intervening time

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

meanwhile meantime then while temporarily till pending beforehand provisionally until ad interim so long pro tem for the moment for the time being
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Antonyms

evermore always constantly permanently continually forever
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Examples

I 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

Words in the phrase

in the meantime

Close letter words and terms

in the masculine line in the matter of fact in the mean time in the meantime been in the meanwhile in the media spotlight