Meanwhile

Today’s Word of the Day is meanwhile, an adverb. You will meet this word in news reports, reading and formal speech, so it is a valuable addition to your vocabulary.

Meaning

  • Word: meanwhile
  • Part of speech: adverb
  • Meaning: During the same period of time, or in the time between two events.

Example sentences

  • I will cook dinner. Meanwhile, you can set the table.
  • Meanwhile, the rain had started to fall.

Related words

Words connected with meanwhile: in the meantime, at the same time.

Practise it today

Say meanwhile aloud three times, then make one sentence about something happening around you today.

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