Main entry: lag, meantime, meanwhile, interim
Definition: the time between one event, process, or period and another
Usage: meanwhile the socialists are running the government
Main entry: meantime, meanwhile, in the meantime
Definition: during the intervening time
Usage: meanwhile I will not think about the problem; meantime he was attentive to his other interests; in the meantime the police were notified
Main entry: meanwhile
Definition: at the same time but in another place
Usage: meanwhile, back at the ranch...