between-time
between-time noun: the period or time between two events; interim; meantime; meanwhile.
Noun
between-time (plural between-times)
- The period or time between two events; interim; meantime; meanwhile.
- Sade therefore calls the pure time of suspended history marking an epoch a revolutionary regime; it is the time of the between-times where, between the old laws and the new, there reigns the silence of the absence of laws, an interval that corresponds precisely to the suspension of speech […]1993, Maurice Blanchot, The Infinite Conversation
- In the case of the time of the event, by contrast, It is no longer time which is between two instants; it is the event which is a between-time [entre-temps, "meanwhile, meantime"]: the between-time is not of the eternal, but it is no longer (of) time, it is (of) becoming.1994, Ronald Bogue, Mihai Spariosu, The Play of the Self
- Synonyms:
- interim
Synonyms of between-time
Forms of between-time
| plural | between-times |
|---|---|
| alternative form | between time |
Origin of between-time
From between + time.
Questions about between-time
- What does between-time mean?
- Between-time means the period or time between two events; interim; meantime; meanwhile.
- What part of speech is between-time?
- Between-time is a noun.
- What is the plural of between-time?
- The plural of between-time is between-times.
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