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      meantime
      noun
      The time spent waiting for another event; time in between.
      adverb
      During the interval; meanwhile.
      Roots
      meienmean- · Old French · intermediate, middletimatime- · Old English · period, span
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      The word meantime breaks down into 2 roots of Old French and Old English origin: mean, from Old French meien (“intermediate, middle”); and time, from Old English tima (“period, span”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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