definition of
[meantime]

[1] #1 meantime n. [interim, meanwhile, lag] the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government". wn

[2] #2 meantime r. [meanwhile, in the meantime] during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified". wn