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1meantime
noun mean·time \ˈmēn-ˌtīm\
Definition of MEANTIME
: the intervening time
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First Known Use of MEANTIME
14th century
Rhymes with MEANTIME
airtime, all-time, bedtime, begrime, big time, big-time, birdlime, buy time, call time, crunch time, cut time, daytime, downtime, dreamtime, drive time, enzyme, eye rhyme, face time, flextime, foretime, free-climb, full-time, half dime, halftime, hang time, hate crime, hill climb, in time, key lime, lifetime, longtime, lunchtime, make time, Mannheim, mark time, Maytime, mealtime, Mülheim, nighttime, noontime, old-time, onetime, on time, part-time, pastime, peacetime, Pforzheim, playtime, post time, prime time, quicklime, quick time, ragtime, real time, rock climb, schooltime, seedtime, showtime, sight rhyme, small-time, sometime, Sondheim, space-time, springtime, sublime, teatime, two-time, uptime, Waldheim, war crime, wartime, wind chime
2meantime
adverb
Definition of MEANTIME
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First Known Use of MEANTIME
1588
MEANTIME Defined for Kids
1meantime
noun mean·time \ˈmēn-ˌtīm\
Definition of MEANTIME for Kids
1
: the time between events or points of time <You can play again but in the meantime rest.>
2
: a time during which more than one thing is being done <He napped, and in the meantime I worked.>
2meantime
adverb
Definition of MEANTIME for Kids
: in the time between events or points of time or during which more than one thing is being done <She worked and meantime raised a family.>
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