What does meanwhile mean?
Definitions for meanwhile
ˈminˌʰwaɪl, -ˌwaɪlmean·while
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word meanwhile.
Princeton's WordNet
interim, meantime, meanwhile, lagadverb
the time between one event, process, or period and another
"meanwhile the socialists are running the government"
meanwhileadverb
at the same time but in another place
"meanwhile, back at the ranch..."
meanwhile, meantime, in the meantimeadverb
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"
Wiktionary
meanwhilenoun
The time between two events
meanwhileadverb
During the time (that something is happening).
meanwhileadverb
At the same time, but elsewhere.
ChatGPT
meanwhile
Meanwhile is an adverb used to refer to a simultaneous or concurrent event or period of time. It essentially indicates that something else is happening at the same time as the event being discussed.
Webster Dictionary
Meanwhilenoun
the intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean time)
Meanwhileadverb
in the intervening time; during the interval
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'meanwhile' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2101
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'meanwhile' in Adverbs Frequency: #172
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of meanwhile in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of meanwhile in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of meanwhile in a Sentence
White House counsel Pat Cipollone:
Its getting late, i would ask you, respectfully, if we could simply start, maybe tomorrow we can start -- and they can make their argument, and they can, I guess, make a case that they once called overwhelming. Well see... Seriously, can we please start ? OOPS ? Joe Biden TEAM TOUTS UKRAINE ACTIVIST WHO CALLED HUNTER BIDENS ACTIONS VERY BAD As Democrats amendments were summarily shot down, reports emerged that some Democrats were privately considering something of a compromise : calling for the testimony of Hunter Biden in exchange for the appearance of some key administration officials. Bidenobtained a lucrative board role with a Ukrainian company while Joe Biden father, Joe Biden, was overseeing Ukrainian policy as vice president. President Trump had asked in President Trump now-infamous July 25 call with Ukraines president for a look into Joe Bidens admitted pressure campaignto have Ukraines top prosecutor fired. Senate Republicans have sought to portray Trumps push for a probe as a legitimate request given the Bidens dealings in Ukraine, while Democrats have alleged that senior administration officials would testify that the administration withheld military aid to Ukraine in order to secure a politically motivated probe. Mike Mulvaney, for example, has publicly argued that there is nothing wrong with tying financial assistance to anti-corruption efforts and other U.S. objectives, even as the administration has denied specifically targeting the Bidens for political purposes. Meanwhile, the barrage of amendments Tuesday night put into doubt whether the senators would have time to meet in a closed session toconverse -- which would be a valuable opportunity, given that the senators were legally barred from having any sustenanceother than water or milk at their desk all day, and could not communicate verbally with one another during the proceedings. The restriction on cellphone possession and oral interaction led some members to pass and flash written notes to each other like students in a classroom, as White House impeachment managers and the presidents legal team traded lengthy legalistic arguments. At one point during the proceedings, former Bill Clinton press secretary and CNN political analyst Joe Lockhart wrote on Cruzs Twitter that Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz could go to.
Huffman's lawyers argued that the sentencing guidelines in those cases were much higher and reserved for the mastermind of schemes, not mere participants. Prosecutors, meanwhile, had argued that universities and testing companies were the victims of the schemes, and the amount that parents paid should correspond to the penalties' severity.But US Probation and Pretrial Services, which prepares pre-sentence investigation reports for each defendant, has argued overall, that the universities and testing companies suffered no monetary harm, and the price of the parents' bribes is therefore not relevant to any sentences. Actress Felicity Huffman loved ones wrote letters of support to the judgeMacy and other loved ones submitted letters to Judge Indira Talwani on Huffman's behalf, pleading for leniency. Each letter outlined Huffman's loyalty and commitment to the writer — an attempt to show Actress Felicity Huffman role in the admissions scam was an outlier in Actress Felicity Huffman life. Macy also shed some light on the immediate aftermath of Huffman's early morning arrest by the FBI in March.Two days after the arrest, Macy wrote, their eldest daughter was headed for an audition at a school she had her heart set on — one that didn't require SAT scores. But when Actress Felicity Huffman got off the plane, the school emailed Actress Felicity Huffman, formally rescinding its audition invitation because of the scandal. Eva Longoria and other celebrities write letters of support for actress Felicity Huffman ahead of Eva Longoria sentencingMacy wrote Eva Longoria and other celebrities daughter.
You have the threat that a high enough price will start to activate the 7,700 drilled but uncompleted wells in the lower 48 states, and meanwhile, if Iranian crude is really taken off the water, it's going to impact Brent much more than it's going to impact WTI.
The new Surface bothers me because it [ goes ] after Microsoft’s partners' business, it's aimed directly at the sweet spot on the product spectrum, the place where OEMs [ PC makers ] can still make money. Meanwhile, Microsoft doesn't really take care of end customers and still needs the OEMs to get to market.
In South Africa, more than 65% of the population exist on less than 1,000 rand ($72) a month, only 13% have private health care. Meanwhile, 70% of the doctors in South Africa only work in the private health system.
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- لما, أماArabic
- mentrestantCatalan, Valencian
- mezitímCzech
- derweil, einstweilen, inzwischen, unterdessenGerman
- εντωμεταξύGreek
- mientras tantoSpanish
- sillä välin, sillä aikaa, samaan aikaanFinnish
- entretemps, pendant ce temps-làFrench
- בינתייםHebrew
- intanto, nel frattempoItalian
- その間にJapanese
- له ههمان کاتKurdish
- intereā, interimLatin
- sementara ituMalay
- intussenDutch
- imensNorwegian
- tymczasem, na razie, w międzyczasiePolish
- ao mesmo tempo, enquanto issoPortuguese
- между тем, в это время, тем временем, в то же времяRussian
- u međuvremenuSerbo-Croatian
- medtemSlovene
- under tiden, samtidigtSwedish
- دریں اثناUrdu
- 与此同Chinese
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