Usually means: While, during; slightly more formal.
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  1. whilst: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. whilst: Merriam-Webster
  3. whilst: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. whilst: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. whilst: Collins English Dictionary
  6. whilst: Vocabulary.com
  7. Whil'st, Whilst, whil'st, whilst, the whilst: Wordnik
  8. whilst: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. whilst: Wiktionary
  10. whilst: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. whilst: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. whilst: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. The whilst, whilst: Dictionary.com
  14. whilst: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Whilst: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Whilst: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. whilst: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Whilst: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. whilst: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. whilst, the whilst: FreeDictionary.org
  21. The whilst, whilst: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. whilst: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. whilst: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. whilst: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (whilst)

▸ adverb:  (archaic or obsolete except dialectal) Often preceded by the: During the time; meanwhile.

Similar:
meantime, whilere, meanwhile, whilom, beforetime, still, when, foretime, herebefore, whithertofore, more...

Opposite:
although, whereas, instead, but, yet

Types:
while, whereas, wherefore, wherein, whereupon, whereof, more...

Phrases:
the whilst, whilst being, all whilst, laugh whilst saying, whilst in, more...

Adjectives:
possible, more, dead, ill, own, untalkative, pregnant, common, impeachable, young, safe

Colors:
    white,     cream,     beige,     ivory,     light gray, more...
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Similar:
meantime, whilere, meanwhile, whilom, beforetime, still, when, foretime, herebefore, whithertofore, more...

Opposite:
although, whereas, instead, but, yet

Types:
while, whereas, wherefore, wherein, whereupon, whereof, more...

Phrases:
the whilst, whilst being, all whilst, laugh whilst saying, whilst in, whilst watching, more...

Adjectives:
possible, more, dead, ill, own, untalkative, pregnant, common, impeachable, young, safe

Colors:
    white,     cream,     beige,     ivory,     light gray, more...



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