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The man was brushing his teeth. Meanwhile, his wife was sleeping. ( = at the same time) I was driving to work. Meanwhile, someone was breaking into my house. ( = at the same time) In these sentences, it is not natural to use in the meantime because you are not talking about a period between two events. We use meanwhile to describe events happening at the same time.
1. Noun Usage: When “meantime” is used as a noun, it refers to the period of time between two events or actions. In this case, it is often preceded by the article “the” or other determiners such as “in” or “during.”. For example: In the meantime, I will finish my work. We had to wait for the meantime before we could proceed.
Meantime, the purchasing power of the dollar which the railway company receives for a specified service is gradually growing smaller, owing to the general increases year by year in wages and in the cost of material. 14. 5. In the meantime, bring them here. 15.
meanwhile. for the moment. in the meanwhile. for now. for the meantime. for the present. in the interim. temporarily. for the time being.
MEANTIME definition: 1. until something expected happens, or while something else is happening: 2. until something…. Learn more.
In the meantime we are trying to use solar electricity to charge our cell phones. My class teacher has been using her home as a study in the meantime as the school is building a library. Origin. The phrase has been in existence since the early 1400’s although a literary source could not be accurately confirmed.
mean time: [noun] time that is based on the motion of the mean sun — called also#R##N# mean solar time.
