Meanwhile - Definition

adv 1: at the same time but in another place; "meanwhile, back
at the ranch..."
2: 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" [syn:
meanwhile, meantime, in the meantime]
n 1: the time between one event, process, or period and another;
"meanwhile the socialists are running the government" [syn:
interim, meantime, meanwhile, lag]