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},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Some songs on the album are beautiful. Meanwhile, others are quite forgettable.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2013 March 29, Markos Papadatos, quoting Marina Diamandis, “Marina And The Diamonds on 'How to be a Heartbreaker'”, in Greek Reporter:",
"text": "When you are in the studio you don’t have anybody to feed off of, meanwhile when you are playing live you interact with people and you feel the energy in the room.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In contrast to aspects previously mentioned."
],
"links": [
[
"In contrast",
"in contrast"
],
[
"aspect",
"aspect"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "at the same time"
},
{
"word": "on the other hand"
}
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmiːnwaɪl/"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-meanwhile.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-meanwhile.wav.mp3",
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmiːnhwaɪl/",
"note": "without the wine–whine merger"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "bitartean"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "u tój ža čás",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "у то́й жа ча́с"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "tym čásam",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "тым ча́сам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mežduvrémenno",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "междувре́менно"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "mentrestant"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "同時"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tóngshí",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "同时"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "mezitím"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "imens"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "i mellemtiden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "intussen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "ondertussen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "dume"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "samtempe"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "samaan aikaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "pendant ce temps-là"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "entretemps"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "en attendant"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "namentres"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "entrementres"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "entanto"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "encanto"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "währenddessen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "inzwischen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "derweil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "einstweilen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "en to metaxý",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "εν τω μεταξύ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "eközben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "ezalatt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "közben"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "á meðan"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "í millitíðinni"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "lena linn sin"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "intanto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "nel frattempo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "nel contempo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "nel tempo stesso"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "interim"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "tantisper"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "imens"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "i mellomtiden"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "imens"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "i mellomtida"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dar in fâsele",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "در این فاصله"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "tymczasem"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "na razie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "w międzyczasie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "ao mesmo tempo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "simultaneamente"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "între timp"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v éto vrémja",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "в э́то вре́мя"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v tó že vrémja",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "в то́ же вре́мя"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "in tantu"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "peristantu"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "u međuvremenu"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "medtem"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "mientras tanto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "under tiden"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "samtidigt"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "v tój že čás",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "в то́й же ча́с"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tym čásom",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "тим ча́сом"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "dervayl",
"sense": "during the time something is happening",
"word": "דערווײַל"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔammā",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "أَمَّا"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lammā",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "لَمَّا فِي الأَثْنَاءِ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "tym čásam",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "тым ча́сам"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "miž tým",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "між ты́м"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prez tová vréme",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "през това́ вре́ме"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "mentrestant"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "entretant"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "與此同時"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǔcǐtóngshí",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "与此同时"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "imens"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "i mellemtiden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "ondertussen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "intussen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "in de tussentijd"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "dume"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "sillä aikaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "sillä välin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "pendant ce temps-là"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "namentres"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "entrementres"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "entanto"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "währenddessen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "unterdessen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "in der Zwischenzeit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "zwischenzeitlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "inzwischen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "en to metaxý",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "εν τω μεταξύ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "beintáyim",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "בינתיים"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "mindeközben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "időközben"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "í millitíðinni"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "á meðan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "intanto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "nel frattempo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "nel contempo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "nel tempo stesso"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sono aida ni",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "その間に"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "le heman kat",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "لە ھەمان کات"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "intereā"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "sementara itu"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "pada masa yang sama"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "imens"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "tymczasem"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "w międzyczasie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "enquanto isso"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "entretanto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tem vrémenem",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "тем вре́менем"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "méždu tem",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "ме́жду тем"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "in tantu"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "peristantu"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "u međuvremenu"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "medtem"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "mientras tanto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "entretanto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "a todo esto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "a todas estas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "under tiden"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "samtidigt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "under mellantiden"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tym čásom",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "тим ча́сом"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "miž tým",
"sense": "during the intervening time",
"word": "між ти́м"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "in contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned",
"word": "imidlertid"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "in contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned",
"word": "tamen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned",
"word": "míg"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned",
"word": "holott"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned",
"word": "noha"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned",
"word": "jóllehet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned",
"word": "azonban"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned",
"word": "ugyanakkor"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned",
"word": "no entanto"
}
],
"word": "meanwhile"
}
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"section": "English",
"subsection": "adverb",
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