meantime

n.
The time between one occurrence and another; an interval.

adv.
During a period of intervening time; meanwhile.

IN BRIEF: n. - The time between one event, process, or period and another adv. - During the intervening time.

The bell will ring in 10 minutes. In the meantime, please keep yourself productively occupied.

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The adverb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: during the intervening time
  Synonyms: meanwhile, in the meantime

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - imens, i mellemtiden
n. - mellemtiden, den mellemliggende tid

Nederlands (Dutch)
ondertussen, tussentijd

Français (French)
adv. - pendant ce temps, en attendant, entre-temps, au même moment
n. - dans l'intervalle, pendant ce temps là, en attendant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zwischenzeit
adv. - inzwischen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μεσοδιάστημα
adv. - στο μεταξύ

Italiano (Italian)
frattempo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ínterim (m)
adv. - entretanto, por enquanto

Русский (Russian)
промежуток времени, между тем

Español (Spanish)
adv. - entre tanto, mientras tanto
n. - tiempo medio, interin, hasta entonces

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mellantid
adv. - under tiden

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
其间, 此际, 其时

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 其間
n. - 此際, 其時

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - ~하는 동안에, 동시에, 다른 한편
n. - 그 동안

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - その間に, 話変わって, 同時に
n. - 合間

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الوقت الحالي (ظرف) في أثناء ذلك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮בינתיים‬
n. - ‮זמן ביניים‬

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