meantime
The time spent waiting for another event; time in between.
Example
“We'll come back asap; just wait here for the meantime.”
Synonyms
- between-time
- meanwhile
- interim
- lag
Related words
- for the mean time
- for the meantime
- in mean time
- in meantime
- in the mean time
- in the meantime
- this mean time
- this meantime
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "menetime".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “meantime” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.