🇬🇧 Meantime meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

"Meantime" is the time in between two things. It’s what happens while you are waiting for something else. If you are waiting for dinner, the meantime is what you do before the food is ready, like drawing, reading, or playing. It is the in‑between time before the thing you’re expecting finally happens.

Mom said dinner would be ready soon, and in the meantime my stomach wrote a loud musical concert.

The dentist said, "It won’t hurt," and in the meantime my imagination invented 43 new ways it might hurt.

The water for my bath was running, and in the meantime I practiced my award-winning "I’m not tired" speech for bedtime.

The game was updating, and in the meantime my little brother updated the living room into a disaster zone.

My hair was drying, and in the meantime it tried out twelve different crazy shapes, including "electrocuted pineapple."

At the bus stop a boy waits for his sister. Meantime he draws on paper. In the meantime a small dog sniffs his shoe. Meantime rain starts and he opens his umbrella. In the meantime his sister is late again, so meantime he smiles and shares his cookie when she comes.

This word is at the B2 level, which means it’s used in more complex conversations and texts. It helps you discuss abstract ideas, express opinions clearly, and engage in discussions on a variety of topics, both personal and professional.

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