"amidst" meaning in English

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Preposition

IPA: /aˈmɪdst/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /əˈmɪtst/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-amidst.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪdst Etymology: From amids + -t (excrescent), from amid + -s (genitive). By surface analysis, amid + -st (excrescent). Root amid from Middle English amidde, amiddes, on midden, from Old English on middan (“in the middle”), from midd (“central”) (English mid). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|amids|t|pos2=excrescent}} amids + -t (excrescent), {{suffix|en|amid|s|pos2=genitive}} amid + -s (genitive), {{surf|en|amid|-st|pos2=excrescent}} By surface analysis, amid + -st (excrescent), {{inh|en|enm|amidde}} Middle English amidde, {{inh|en|ang|on middan||in the middle}} Old English on middan (“in the middle”) Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} amidst, {{en-prep}} amidst
  1. In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among. Synonyms: amid, among, amongst, amidest [obsolete], amiddst [obsolete, rare], amiddest [obsolete], amydst [obsolete], amyddst [obsolete, rare], amyddest [obsolete, rare] Translations (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among): بَيْن (bayn) (Arabic), بين (ben) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), մեջ (meǰ) (Armenian), inter (Esperanto), au milieu de (French), entre (French), parmi (French), inmitten (German), i lár (Irish), i measc (Irish), in mezzo (Italian), אֵינְפֵֿירַה (alt: ʾenəp̄erah /⁠enfera⁠/) (Judeo-Italian), pośród (Polish), entre (Portuguese), no meio de (Portuguese), em meio a (Portuguese), srédi (Slovene), en medio de (Spanish), en pleno [masculine] (Spanish), entre (Spanish), durante (Spanish), mitt i (Swedish), under (Swedish)

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among",
      "word": "en medio de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "en pleno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among",
      "word": "entre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among",
      "word": "durante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among",
      "word": "mitt i"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among",
      "word": "under"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amidst"
}

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