meanwhile

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the time between one event, process, or period and another
  2. adverb at the same time but in another place
  3. adverb during the intervening time

Etymology

From Middle English menewhile, equivalent to mean (“intermediate”) + while. Adverb is by ellipsis from in the mean while, noun being conventionally written as one word after the adjective.

In classic literature

Synonyms

interim, meantime, lag

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