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.
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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.