meanwhile

(noun, adverb)

adverb

1. at the same time but in another place

- meanwhile, back at the ranch...

2. during the intervening time

- meanwhile I will not think about the problem

Similar word(s): meantime

noun

1. the time between one event, process, or period and another

- meanwhile the socialists are running the government

Similar word(s): interim, lag, meantime

Definition categories: time, interval