IN THE MEANTIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in the meantime mean? 

• IN THE MEANTIME (adverb)
  The adverb IN THE MEANTIME has 1 sense:

1. during the intervening time

  Familiarity information: IN THE MEANTIME used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN THE MEANTIME (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

During the intervening time

Synonyms:

in the meantime; meantime; meanwhile

Context example:

in the meantime the police were notified

 Context examples 

In the meantime I took every precaution to defend my person in case the fiend should openly attack me.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

In the meantime, his two men, as was the wont of visiting sailors, had gone forward into the forecastle to do some visiting themselves.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

We could write in the meantime, and he used to write every day.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the meantime, take no step without letting me know.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the meantime, the captain gradually brightened up at his own music, and at last flapped his hand upon the table before him in a way we all knew to mean silence.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

In the meantime, Mr. Morris had had to use force to pass through his side of the ring of Szgany.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

In the meantime he might be getting an outfit.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Very well, answered the sparrow, do so, and in the meantime I will perch upon that bush.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

In the meantime, you will have three days this month when Mars in your marriage and partnership house will work beautifully with other planets.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In the meantime you shall all be treated as my guests, and while you live in the Palace my people will wait upon you and obey your slightest wish.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)