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in the meanwhile

in the meanwhile prepositional phrase: temporarily, meanwhile.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Temporarily, meanwhile.
    Synonyms:
    in the interim

in the meanwhile meaning in Tamil

in the meanwhile in Tamil

இதற்கிடையில்

Synonyms of in the meanwhile

Origin of in the meanwhile

From Middle English in the meene while, in þe mene while.

Questions about in the meanwhile

What does in the meanwhile mean?
In the meanwhile means temporarily, meanwhile.
What is in the meanwhile in Tamil?
In the meanwhile in Tamil is இதற்கிடையில். See In the meanwhile meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is in the meanwhile?
In the meanwhile is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the meanwhile in the dictionary

  1. in the lump
  2. in the main
  3. in the making
  4. in the mean time
  5. in the meantime
  6. in the meanwhile
  7. in the middle of
  8. in the midst of
  9. in the mix
  10. in the moment
  11. in the money

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in the meanwhile (page history and authors); in the meanwhile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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