"meanwhile" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈmiːnwaɪl/, /ˈmiːnhwaɪl/ (note: without the wine–whine merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-meanwhile.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Middle English menewhile, equivalent to mean (“intermediate”) + while. Adverb is by ellipsis from in the mean while, noun being conventionally written as one word after the adjective. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|menewhile}} Middle English menewhile, {{compound|en|mean|while|t1=intermediate}} mean (“intermediate”) + while, {{m|en||in the mean while}} in the mean while Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} meanwhile (not comparable)
  1. During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: in the meantime, meantime, meanwhilst, the while Translations (during the time): bitartean (Basque), у то́й жа ча́с (u tój ža čás) (Belarusian), тым ча́сам (tym čásam) (Belarusian), междувре́менно (mežduvrémenno) (Bulgarian), mentrestant (Catalan), 同時 (Chinese Mandarin), 同时 (tóngshí) (Chinese Mandarin), mezitím (Czech), imens (Danish), i mellemtiden (Danish), intussen (Dutch), ondertussen (Dutch), dume (Esperanto), samtempe (Esperanto), samaan aikaan (Finnish), pendant ce temps-là (French), entretemps (French), en attendant (French), namentres (Galician), entrementres (Galician), entanto (Galician), encanto (Galician), währenddessen (German), inzwischen (German), derweil (German), einstweilen (German), εν τω μεταξύ (en to metaxý) (Greek), eközben (Hungarian), ezalatt (Hungarian), közben (Hungarian), intanto (Italian), nel frattempo (Italian), interim (Latin), tantisper (Latin), imens (Norwegian Bokmål), i mellomtiden (Norwegian Bokmål), imens (Norwegian Nynorsk), i mellomtida (Norwegian Nynorsk), در این فاصله (dar in fâsele) (Persian), tymczasem (Polish), na razie (Polish), w międzyczasie (Polish), ao mesmo tempo (Portuguese), simultaneamente (Portuguese), între timp (Romanian), в э́то вре́мя (v éto vrémja) (Russian), в то́ же вре́мя (v tó že vrémja) (Russian), in tantu (Sardinian), peristantu (Sardinian), u međuvremenu [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), medtem (Slovene), mientras tanto (Spanish), under tiden (Swedish), samtidigt (Swedish), в то́й же ча́с (v tój že čás) (Ukrainian), тим ча́сом (tym čásom) (Ukrainian), דערווײַל (dervayl) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-meanwhile-en-adv-tAaJoH8O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 28 27 Disambiguation of 'during the time': 73 24 4
  2. During an intervening time; from now until a future time. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: meantime, until then, for now
    Sense id: en-meanwhile-en-adv-jmTEf0XE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 28 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 36 18 25
  3. In contrast to aspects previously mentioned. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: at the same time, on the other hand Translations (in contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned): imidlertid (Danish), tamen (Esperanto), míg (Hungarian), holott (Hungarian), noha (Hungarian), jóllehet (Hungarian), azonban (Hungarian), ugyanakkor (Hungarian), no entanto (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-meanwhile-en-adv-uQghFLTN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 28 27 Disambiguation of 'in contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned': 13 11 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (at the same time but elsewhere): أَمَّا (ʔammā) (Arabic), لَمَّا فِي الأَثْنَاءِ (lammā) (Arabic), тым ча́сам (tym čásam) (Belarusian), між ты́м (miž tým) (Belarusian), през това́ вре́ме (prez tová vréme) (Bulgarian), mentrestant (Catalan), entretant (Catalan), لە ھەمان کات (le heman kat) (Central Kurdish), 與此同時 (Chinese Mandarin), 与此同时 (yǔcǐtóngshí) (Chinese Mandarin), imens (Danish), i mellemtiden (Danish), ondertussen (Dutch), intussen (Dutch), in de tussentijd (Dutch), dume (Esperanto), sillä aikaa (Finnish), sillä välin (Finnish), pendant ce temps-là (French), namentres (Galician), entrementres (Galician), entanto (Galician), währenddessen (German), unterdessen (German), in der Zwischenzeit (German), zwischenzeitlich (German), inzwischen (German), εν τω μεταξύ (en to metaxý) (Greek), בינתיים (beintáyim) (Hebrew), mindeközben (Hungarian), időközben (Hungarian), intanto (Italian), nel frattempo (Italian), その間に (sono aida ni) (Japanese), intereā (Latin), sementara itu (Malay), pada masa yang sama [masculine, plural] (Malay), imens (Norwegian), tymczasem (Polish), w międzyczasie (Polish), enquanto isso (Portuguese), entretanto (Portuguese), тем вре́менем (tem vrémenem) (Russian), ме́жду тем (méždu tem) (Russian), in tantu (Sardinian), peristantu (Sardinian), u međuvremenu [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), medtem (Slovene), mientras tanto (Spanish), entretanto (Spanish), a todo esto (Spanish), a todas estas (Spanish), under tiden (Swedish), samtidigt (Swedish), under mellantiden (Swedish), тим ча́сом (tym čásom) (Ukrainian), між ти́м (miž tým) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'at the same time but elsewhere': 41 39 20

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmiːnwaɪl/, /ˈmiːnhwaɪl/ (note: without the wine–whine merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-meanwhile.wav [Southern-England] Forms: meanwhiles [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English menewhile, equivalent to mean (“intermediate”) + while. Adverb is by ellipsis from in the mean while, noun being conventionally written as one word after the adjective. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|menewhile}} Middle English menewhile, {{compound|en|mean|while|t1=intermediate}} mean (“intermediate”) + while, {{m|en||in the mean while}} in the mean while Head templates: {{en-noun}} meanwhile (plural meanwhiles)
  1. The time between two events. Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: between-time, meantime, interim Derived forms: in the meanwhile, meanwhile use
    Sense id: en-meanwhile-en-noun-q5~w7eUj Disambiguation of Time: 29 29 5 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 28 27

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for meanwhile meaning in All languages combined (21.5kB)

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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "during the time",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mežduvrémenno",
          "sense": "during the time",
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "during the time",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "同時"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "during the time",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "during the time",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "imens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "i mellemtiden"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "intussen"
        },
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          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "ondertussen"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "dume"
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        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "samtempe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "samaan aikaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "pendant ce temps-là"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "entretemps"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "en attendant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "namentres"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "entrementres"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "entanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "encanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "währenddessen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "inzwischen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "derweil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "einstweilen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "en to metaxý",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "εν τω μεταξύ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "eközben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "ezalatt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "közben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "intanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "nel frattempo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "interim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "tantisper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "imens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "i mellomtiden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "imens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "i mellomtida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dar in fâsele",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "در این فاصله"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "tymczasem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "na razie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "w międzyczasie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "ao mesmo tempo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "simultaneamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "între timp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v éto vrémja",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "в э́то вре́мя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v tó že vrémja",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "в то́ же вре́мя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "in tantu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "peristantu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "u međuvremenu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "medtem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "mientras tanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "under tiden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "samtidigt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "v tój že čás",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "в то́й же ча́с"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "tym čásom",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "тим ча́сом"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 4",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "dervayl",
          "sense": "during the time",
          "word": "דערווײַל"
        }
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          "text": "We’re going on holiday next month; meanwhile, keep working on the project.",
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          "ref": "2004, David Osterczy, Interknot: Adventures in Internet Dating, page 134",
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        },
        {
          "word": "for now"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "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/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmiːnhwaɪl/",
      "note": "without the wine–whine merger"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "bitartean"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "u tój ža čás",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "у то́й жа ча́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "tym čásam",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "тым ча́сам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mežduvrémenno",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "междувре́менно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "mentrestant"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "同時"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tóngshí",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "同时"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "mezitím"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "imens"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "i mellemtiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "intussen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "ondertussen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "dume"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "samtempe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "samaan aikaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "pendant ce temps-là"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "entretemps"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "en attendant"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "namentres"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "entrementres"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "entanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "encanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "währenddessen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "inzwischen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "derweil"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "einstweilen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "en to metaxý",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "εν τω μεταξύ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "eközben"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "ezalatt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "közben"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "intanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "nel frattempo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "interim"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "tantisper"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "imens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "i mellomtiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "imens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "i mellomtida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dar in fâsele",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "در این فاصله"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "tymczasem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "na razie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "w międzyczasie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "ao mesmo tempo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "simultaneamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "între timp"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v éto vrémja",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "в э́то вре́мя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v tó že vrémja",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "в то́ же вре́мя"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "in tantu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "peristantu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "u međuvremenu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "medtem"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "mientras tanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "under tiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "samtidigt"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "v tój že čás",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "в то́й же ча́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tym čásom",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "тим ча́сом"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "dervayl",
      "sense": "during the time",
      "word": "דערווײַל"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔammā",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "أَمَّا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "lammā",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "لَمَّا فِي الأَثْنَاءِ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "tym čásam",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "тым ча́сам"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "miž tým",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "між ты́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prez tová vréme",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "през това́ вре́ме"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "mentrestant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "entretant"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "與此同時"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǔcǐtóngshí",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "与此同时"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "imens"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "i mellemtiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "ondertussen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "intussen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "in de tussentijd"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "dume"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "sillä aikaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "sillä välin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "pendant ce temps-là"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "namentres"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "entrementres"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "entanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "währenddessen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "unterdessen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "in der Zwischenzeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "zwischenzeitlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "inzwischen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "en to metaxý",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "εν τω μεταξύ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "beintáyim",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "בינתיים"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "mindeközben"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "időközben"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "intanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "nel frattempo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sono aida ni",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "その間に"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "le heman kat",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "لە ھەمان کات"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "intereā"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "sementara itu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "pada masa yang sama"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "imens"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "tymczasem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "w międzyczasie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "enquanto isso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "entretanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tem vrémenem",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "тем вре́менем"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "méždu tem",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "ме́жду тем"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "in tantu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "peristantu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "u međuvremenu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "medtem"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "mientras tanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "entretanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "a todo esto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "a todas estas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "under tiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "samtidigt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "under mellantiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tym čásom",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "word": "тим ча́сом"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "miž tým",
      "sense": "at the same time but elsewhere",
      "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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