Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
during the intervening time;
- Example: "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"- Example: "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"- Example: "in the meantime the police were notified"[syn: meanwhile, meantime, in the meantime]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
in the 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]