In the meantime, she began to cry.
Source: tatoeba (51171)
Meantime
//ˈmiːntaɪm//
Synonyms for "meantime" (24 found)
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Noun(3 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (12)
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4 entriesRelated terms
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8 entriesderived from
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6 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐν τούτοις noun (time in between)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- межичас noun (time in between)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 其間 /其间 adv (meanwhile)
- 與此同時 /与此同时 adv (meanwhile)
Dutch
1 entries- ondertussen noun (time in between)
Esperanto
1 entries- intertempo noun (time in between)
Finnish
1 entries- sillä välin adv (meanwhile)
French
2 entries- en attendant noun (time in between)
- pendant ce temps noun (time in between)
German
1 entries- unterdessen adv (meanwhile)
Icelandic
2 entries- á meðan noun (time in between)
- í millitíðinni noun (time in between)
Italian
3 entries- attesa noun (time in between)
- contempo noun (time in between)
- frattempo noun (time in between)
Japanese
1 entries- その間 adv (meanwhile)
Korean
1 entries- 그동안 adv (meanwhile)
Latin
2 entries- interea noun (time in between)
- interim noun (time in between)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- медзичас noun (time in between)
Polish
1 entries- międzyczas noun (time in between)
Russian
2 entries- ме́жду те́м adv (meanwhile)
- тем вре́менем adv (meanwhile)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- međuvrijeme noun (time in between)
Spanish
4 entries- en tanto (locution) adv (meanwhile)
- entre tanto (locution) adv (meanwhile)
- entretanto adv (meanwhile)
- mientras tanto adv (meanwhile)
Welsh
1 entries- cyfamser noun (time in between)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
In the meantime, he went to sleep.
Source: tatoeba (51172)
He'll be back in two hours. In the meantime, let's prepare dinner.
Source: tatoeba (288487)
She was busy knitting. In the meantime, he was taking a nap by the fire.
Source: tatoeba (316902)
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