in the meantime

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in the meantime

the period of time between two things; the period of time between now and when something is supposed to happen. The movie starts at 6:00. In the meantime, let's eat dinner. My flight was at 8:00. In the meantime, I played solitaire.

in the meantime

while something else is happening or until something else happens in the meanwhile A new school is being built, but in the meantime this school building remains seriously overcrowded.

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In the meantime you can relieve your feelings by cursing the one-man power and the effete monarchies of Europe. Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context The white men have in the meantime made a rude stockade on the summit of yonder undulating ground, at the foot of which a stream runs, for it is destruction to be too far from water. The Adventures of Peter Pan by Barrie, James Matthew View in context In the meantime Telegonus, while travelling in search of his father, lands on Ithaca and ravages the island: Odysseus comes out to defend his country, but is killed by his son unwittingly. Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context More results

? References in classic literature

In the meantime you can relieve your feelings by cursing the one-man power and the effete monarchies of Europe.

Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

The white men have in the meantime made a rude stockade on the summit of yonder undulating ground, at the foot of which a stream runs, for it is destruction to be too far from water.

The Adventures of Peter Pan by Barrie, James Matthew View in context

In the meantime Telegonus, while travelling in search of his father, lands on Ithaca and ravages the island: Odysseus comes out to defend his country, but is killed by his son unwittingly.

Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context

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