"meanwhile" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈmiːnwaɪl/, /ˈmiːnhwaɪl/ (note: without the wine–whine merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-meanwhile.wav
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 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 something is happening): 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), á meðan (Icelandic), í millitíðinni (Icelandic), lena linn sin (Irish), intanto (Italian), nel frattempo (Italian), nel contempo (Italian), nel tempo stesso (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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 2 36 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 3 32 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 2 30 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 34 2 22 41 Disambiguation of 'during the time something is happening': 74 22 4
  2. During an intervening time; from now until a future time. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: meantime, until then, for now Translations (during the intervening time): 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), í millitíðinni (Icelandic), á meðan (Icelandic), intanto (Italian), nel frattempo (Italian), nel contempo (Italian), nel tempo stesso (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)
    Sense id: en-meanwhile-en-adv-jmTEf0XE Disambiguation of 'during the intervening time': 35 60 5
  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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 2 36 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 3 32 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 2 30 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 34 2 22 41 Disambiguation of 'in contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned': 16 4 80

Noun

IPA: /ˈmiːnwaɪl/, /ˈmiːnhwaɪl/ (note: without the wine–whine merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-meanwhile.wav 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 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sardinian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 2 36 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 3 26 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 3 32 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 2 30 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 32 5 21 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 32 6 21 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 31 4 21 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 31 4 21 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 32 6 21 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 29 2 18 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 32 6 21 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 30 3 19 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 31 4 22 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 32 5 22 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 4 21 43 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 31 4 23 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 31 4 21 43 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 4 21 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 31 5 22 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 31 4 22 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 5 21 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 32 6 21 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 32 6 21 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 32 3 22 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 32 3 22 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 32 3 22 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 32 6 21 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 31 6 21 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 31 5 21 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 34 2 22 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 31 4 21 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 31 4 21 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 31 5 22 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 5 20 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 31 4 21 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 32 3 22 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Sardinian translations: 32 6 21 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 32 6 21 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 32 6 21 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 33 2 23 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 32 5 21 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 32 6 21 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 32 5 21 42

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "同時"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tóngshí",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "同时"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "mezitím"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "imens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "i mellemtiden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "intussen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "ondertussen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "dume"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "samtempe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "samaan aikaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "pendant ce temps-là"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "entretemps"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "en attendant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "namentres"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "entrementres"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "entanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "encanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "währenddessen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "inzwischen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "derweil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "einstweilen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "en to metaxý",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "εν τω μεταξύ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "eközben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "ezalatt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "közben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "á meðan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "í millitíðinni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "lena linn sin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "intanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "nel frattempo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "nel contempo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "nel tempo stesso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "interim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "tantisper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "imens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "i mellomtiden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "imens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "i mellomtida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dar in fâsele",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "در این فاصله"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "tymczasem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "na razie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "w międzyczasie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "ao mesmo tempo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "simultaneamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "între timp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v éto vrémja",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "в э́то вре́мя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v tó že vrémja",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "в то́ же вре́мя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "in tantu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "peristantu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "u međuvremenu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "medtem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "mientras tanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "under tiden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "samtidigt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "v tój že čás",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "в то́й же ча́с"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "tym čásom",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "тим ча́сом"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 22 4",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "dervayl",
          "sense": "during the time something is happening",
          "word": "דערווײַל"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We’re going on holiday next month; meanwhile, keep working on the project.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1955 March 1, Winston Churchill, “Defence”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons), column 1905:",
          "text": "The day may dawn when fair play, love for one's fellow men, respect for justice and freedom, will enable tormented generations to march forth triumphant from the hideous epoch in which we have to dwell. Meanwhile, never flinch, never weary, never despair.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, David Osterczy, Interknot: Adventures in Internet Dating, →ISBN, page 134:",
          "text": "“[…] I’m not ignoring you, I’m very sorry, I’ll talk to you soon. Meanwhile, get your tickets.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "During an intervening time; from now until a future time."
      ],
      "id": "en-meanwhile-en-adv-jmTEf0XE",
      "links": [
        [
          "intervening",
          "intervening"
        ],
        [
          "now",
          "now"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "meantime"
        },
        {
          "word": "until then"
        },
        {
          "word": "for now"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔammā",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "أَمَّا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "lammā",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "لَمَّا فِي الأَثْنَاءِ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "tym čásam",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "тым ча́сам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "miž tým",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "між ты́м"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prez tová vréme",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "през това́ вре́ме"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "mentrestant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "entretant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "與此同時"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǔcǐtóngshí",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "与此同时"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "imens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "i mellemtiden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "ondertussen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "intussen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "in de tussentijd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "dume"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "sillä aikaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "sillä välin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "pendant ce temps-là"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "namentres"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "entrementres"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "entanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "währenddessen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "unterdessen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "in der Zwischenzeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "zwischenzeitlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "inzwischen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "en to metaxý",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "εν τω μεταξύ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "beintáyim",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "בינתיים"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "mindeközben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "időközben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "í millitíðinni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "á meðan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "intanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "nel frattempo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "nel contempo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "nel tempo stesso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sono aida ni",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "その間に"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "le heman kat",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "لە ھەمان کات"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "intereā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "sementara itu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "pada masa yang sama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "imens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "tymczasem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "w międzyczasie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "enquanto isso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "entretanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tem vrémenem",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "тем вре́менем"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "méždu tem",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "ме́жду тем"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "in tantu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "peristantu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "u međuvremenu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "medtem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "mientras tanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "entretanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "a todo esto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "a todas estas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 60 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "during the intervening time",
          "word": "under tiden"
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      "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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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": fī l-ʔaṯnāʔi vs. lammā",
  "path": [
    "meanwhile"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "meanwhile",
  "trace": ""
}

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