Meantime — or mean time may refer to: Contents 1 Time 2 Entertainment 3 Engineering and mechanics 4 Business Time … Wikipedia
meantime — meantime, meanwhile 1. As a solitary adverb, meantime has largely given way to meanwhile, but is still occasionally found: • Meantime, melt the remaining butter in a saucepan Delia Smith, 1978. It is most often used in the phrase in the meantime … Modern English usage
Meantime — est un film britannique réalisé en 1984 par Mike Leigh et produit pour la télévision par Central Television pour Channel 4. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Distribution 3 Récompenses et nominations … Wikipédia en Français
Meantime — Mean time , Meanwhile Mean while , n. The intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean time). [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
meantime — ► ADVERB (also in the meantime) ▪ meanwhile … English terms dictionary
meantime — [mēn′hwīl΄mēn′tīm΄] adv. 1. in or during the intervening time 2. at the same time n. the intervening time: Also, and for MEANTIME adv. now usually, meanwhile [mēn′hwīl΄] … English World dictionary
Meantime — Mean time , Meanwhile Mean while , adv. In the intervening time; during the interval. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
meantime — index ad interim Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
meantime — (n.) also mean time, mid 14c., from MEAN (Cf. mean) (adj.2) middle, intermediate + TIME (Cf. time) (n.). Late 14c. as an adverb … Etymology dictionary
meantime — [n/adv] in the intervening time at the same time, concurrently, for now, for the duration, for the moment, for then, interim, interregnum, interruption, interval, in the interim, in the interval, in the meanwhile, meanwhile, recess,… … New thesaurus
