how to pronounce meanwhile

/ˈmiːn.waɪl/

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meanwhile is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of meanwhile in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… in the meanwhile just thank you to many …”

meaning of meanwhile

Meanwhile means during the time that something else is happening.

meanwhile frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word meanwhile occurs in english on average 48.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics meanwhile can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that meanwhile can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;