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Meaning of meantime | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈmiːntaɪm

Definitions

The time spent waiting for another event; time in between.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية في أثناء ذلك
Bosanski međuvreme međuvrijeme међувреме међувријеме
Čeština mezičas
Cymraeg cyfamser
Deutsch unterdessen
Esperanto intertempo
Español en tanto (locution) entre tanto (locution) entretanto mientras tanto
Suomi sillä välin
Français En attendant pendant ce temps
Hrvatski međuvreme međuvrijeme међувреме међувријеме
Íslenska á meðan
Italiano attesa contempo frattempo
日本語 その間
한국어 그동안
Latina interea interim
Nederlands ondertussen
Polski międzyczas
Русский между тем тем временем
Српски međuvreme međuvrijeme међувреме међувријеме
Svenska mellantid

Examples

“We'll come back asap; just wait here for the meantime.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

meantness meantone meanwhile meanwhile garden meanwhile site meanwhile space

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