meanwhile
/ˈmiːnwaɪl/ adverb B1- During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place. · There was a party going on downstairs. Meanwhile, I was reading a book.
- During an intervening time; from now until a future time. · We’re going on holiday next month; meanwhile, keep working on the project.
- In contrast to aspects previously mentioned. · Some songs on the album are beautiful. Meanwhile, others are quite forgettable.
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“_I_ see!” said the Queen, who had meanwhile been examining the roses.
Help would soon come, but meanwhile her position was a very uncomfortable one.
Collins, meanwhile, was meditating in solitude on what had passed.
The next was in these words:--“‘I do not pretend to regret anything I shall leave in Hertfordshire except your society, my dearest friend; but we will hope, at some future period, to enjoy many returns of that delightful intercourse we have known, and in the meanwhile may lessen the pain of separation by a very frequent and most unreserved correspondence.
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