definition of
meanwhile

[1] #1 meanwhile r. at the same time but in another place; "meanwhile, back at the ranch...". wn

[2] #2 meanwhile r. [meantime, 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

[3] #3 meanwhile n. [interim, meantime, lag] the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government". wn