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s | meantime |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun meantime is

the time spent waiting for another event; time in between.

As an adverb meantime is

during the interval; meanwhile.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    meantime

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mean time

    Noun

    (-)
  • The time spent waiting for another event; time in between.
    • I'll get started tomorrow but, in the meantime , let's see if we can get a few more opinions.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * for the mean time, for the meantime * in mean time, in meantime * in the mean time, in the meantime * this mean time, this meantime

    Related terms

    * meanwhile

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • during the interval; meanwhile
  • * 1919 , :
    • Meantime Pope Urban II convoked two councils, one after another.
  • * 1934 , edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 97:
    • Lunch will be in twenty minutes. Meantime : I have

    Usage notes

    Usually appears sentence-initially.