ˈɪntəɹɪm læɡ ˈmiːntaɪm ˈmiːntaɪm ˈmiːnwaɪl ˈmiːnwaɪl during the intervening time meanwhile I will not think about the problem meantime he was attentive to his other interests in the meantime the police were notified the time between one event, process, or period and another meanwhile the socialists are running the government