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Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never really comes: meanwhile it helps to furnish the living room.
Anthony Burgess

Meaning of "meanwhile" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MEANWHILE

meanwhile  [ˈmiːnˌwaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEANWHILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Meanwhile can act as a noun and an adverb.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES MEANWHILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of meanwhile in the English dictionary

The definition of meanwhile in the dictionary is during the intervening time or period. Other definition of meanwhile is at the same time, esp in another place.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEANWHILE


awhile
əˈwaɪl
dwile
dwaɪl
erewhile
ɛəˈwaɪl
erstwhile
ˈɜːstˌwaɪl
otherwhile
ˈʌðəˌwaɪl
outwile
ˌaʊtˈwaɪl
somewhile
ˈsʌmˌwaɪl
umquhile
ˈʌmhwaɪl
while
waɪl
wile
waɪl
worthwhile
ˌwɜːθˈwaɪl
wyle
waɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEANWHILE

meanies
meaning
meaningful
meaningfully
meaningfulness
meaningless
meaninglessly
meaninglessness
meaningly
meanly
meanness
means
means of production
means of transport
means test
means-test
means-tested
meant
meantime
meany

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEANWHILE

Anglophile
audiophile
basophile
bibliophile
chile
cinephile
electrophile
Francophile
hydrophile
narghile
nucleophile
once in a while
paedophile
pedophile
Santiago de Chile
technophile
the while
thermophile
wait-a-while
zoophile

Synonyms and antonyms of meanwhile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MEANWHILE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «meanwhile» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of meanwhile

Translation of «meanwhile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEANWHILE

Find out the translation of meanwhile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of meanwhile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «meanwhile» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

同时
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

entretanto
570 millions of speakers

English

meanwhile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इस बीच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فِي خِلَالِ ذَلِكَ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

между тем
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

entretanto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এদিকে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pendant ce temps
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sementara itu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mittlerweile
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

その間に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그 동안에
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sedane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trong lúc đó
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இதற்கிடையில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दरम्यानच्या काळात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

o esnada
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nel frattempo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tymczasem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тим часом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

deocamdată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στο μεταξύ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Intussen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

under tiden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

så lenge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of meanwhile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEANWHILE»

The term «meanwhile» is very widely used and occupies the 7.692 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of meanwhile
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEANWHILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «meanwhile» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «meanwhile» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about meanwhile

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10 QUOTES WITH «MEANWHILE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word meanwhile.
1
Anthony Burgess
Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never really comes: meanwhile it helps to furnish the living room.
2
Hermann Ebbinghaus
Meanwhile the fact that the connection with the activity of memory in ordinary life is for the moment lost is of less importance than the reverse, namely, that this connection with the complications and fluctuations of life is necessarily still a too close one.
3
Betty Hill
Meanwhile I married and I adopted three kids who were all from one family and then later I was divorced.
4
Jerry Pournelle
And meanwhile, the storytellers like me and Anderson, Silverberg... we tell stories. People like them. They want to know how it comes out, they want to know what the ending is.
5
Robert Quine
Meanwhile after failing the bar twice, I knew some people in New York and moved here in August '71.
6
Robert Rainy
Meanwhile the Church more and more provided for the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, by practically chaining His influence to the hierarchy and the sacraments.
7
Helen Reddy
I was looking for a husband, but meanwhile to survive, I had to work.
8
Jennifer Tilly
I had a problem with cops pulling me over all the time for speeding. When I was doing Hill Street Blues, the cops said how much they loved the show as they were writing me up; meanwhile my insurance went through the roof.
9
Virgil
But meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained.
10
A. E. van Vogt
You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEANWHILE»

Discover the use of meanwhile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to meanwhile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Meanwhile...
Not once but five times. “It's not fair!” Raymond thinks. Then he thinks: “What if I had my own MEANWHILE...?” Comic books always use MEANWHILE... to change the scene. So Raymond tries writing it on the wall behind his bed.
Jules Feiffer, 1999
2
Meanwhile: the critical writings of bpNichol
A thoughtful and provocative 30-year record of Nichol's approaches to textual production.
B. P. Nichol, Roy Miki, 2002
3
Meanwhile, Back at Café Du Monde ...: The Louisiana Monologues
This book is Louisiana!" -Jeffrey Marx, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Season of Life "Tasty, amazing stories about our favorite subject-food!" -Alden and Emeril Lagasse "I'm laughing, I'm hungry, I'm happy-when is the next edition?
Peggy Sweeney-McDonald, 2012
4
Meanwhile Back at the Ranch
Looking for some diversion, a bored rancher drives to the town of Sleepy Gulch, little knowing that some amazing things are happening to his wife and his ranch during his absence. Reprint.
Trinka Hakes Noble, 2009
5
Meanwhile Gardens: An Urban Adventure
Meanwhile Gardens is an urban adventure; an entertaining ‘up’ read about friendship, love, community and the downright weird things that can happen in a city.
Charles Caselton, 2010
6
Meanwhile: Pick Any Path. 3,856 Story Possibilities.
In this choose-your-own adventure graphic novel, a boy stumbles on the laboratory of a mad scientist who asks him to choose between testing a mind-reading device, a time machine, and a doomsday machine.
Jason Shiga, 2010
7
The Meanwhile Adventures
Mr Mack's inventing career has got off to a bad start \- he's been arrested!
Roddy Doyle, 2007
8
Meanwhile take my hand
Meanwhile Take My Hand presents Uribe’s poetry to American readers in both the original and in the poet Elizabeth Macklin’s skillful and award-winning translations.
Kirmen Uribe Urbieta, Elizabeth Macklin, 2007
9
Meanwhile Don't Push and Squeeze: A Year of Life in China
Vividly capturing the tastes, sounds, and smells of Hangzou, China, this entertaining and witty travelogue details a year spent teaching creative writing at Zeijang University and the experiences of being a fish out of water.
Robert Berold, 2007
10
Meanwhile, Upriver
Resonating With The Sights And Sounds Of An Ancient Place In The Heart Of Modern India, This Remarkable Debut Novel Tells A Story That Is At Once Poignant And Captivating.
Chatura Rao, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEANWHILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term meanwhile is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Meanwhile in the Future: We Have Changed the Climate with Wind …
According to the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, about 2.3 percent of America's power is generated by wind. But wind power is ... «Gizmodo, Jul 15»
2
Meanwhile the rest of the squad touch down in Kuala Lumpur
Liverpool are welcomed by enthusiastic Malaysian fans as they touched down in Kuala Lumpur for the next leg of their Pacific pre-season tour. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Reader's view: Meanwhile, on North Shore, there's too much mowing
Reader's view: Meanwhile, on North Shore, there's too much mowing. By News Tribune on Jul 20, 2015 at 10:59 p.m. ... «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Suzanne Marrs: 'Meanwhile There are Letters'
Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald,” was released last week by Arcade Publishing. «Jackson Clarion Ledger, Jul 15»
5
MEANWHILE: Why stampedes happen so often
With India's cultural diversity and a large number of procession-based festivals, the problem of stampedes has been wreaking havoc in the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Meanwhile There are Letters review – a literary love affair that …
Eudora Welty and the mystery writer Ross Macdonald began as mutual fans. Over the course of a correspondence that stretched for more than ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Meanwhile, a third forum is worried about 'institute's future'
Meanwhile, a third forum is worried about 'institute's future'. Three technical staffers and an ex-employee set up 'Save FTII' forum, while ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
8
Meanwhile, USD allegedly awakens rape perps
#A lawsuit alleging that administrators and faculty at the University of San Diego dissuaded a female law student from reporting a rape to police ... «San Diego Reader, Jul 15»
9
Modi Meets Sharif For Peace Talks. Meanwhile, Pakistan Returns …
Pakistan, it seems was really angry with Modi's peace talks with Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation ... «Indiatimes.com, Jul 15»
10
Meanwhile in the New York Times… Women Who Dye Their Armpits
Meanwhile in the New York Times… Women Who Dye Their Armpits. July 16, 2015 at 12:58 pm. 75 COMMENTS ... «Ricochet.com, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Meanwhile [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/meanwhile>. Apr 2024 ».
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