Usually means: Simultaneously occurring during another event.
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  1. meanwhile: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. meanwhile: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. meanwhile: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. meanwhile: Collins English Dictionary
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  12. meanwhile: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. ...Meanwhile, Meanwhile (Camouflage album), Meanwhile (Futurama), Meanwhile (film), Meanwhile (novel), Meanwhile (song), Meanwhile: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Meanwhile: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
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  17. meanwhile: Free Dictionary
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  1. meanwhile: Encyclopedia

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  1. meanwhile: Idioms

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  1. meanwhile: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The time between two events.
adverb:  During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place.
adverb:  During an intervening time; from now until a future time.
adverb:  In contrast to aspects previously mentioned.

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