"in between" meaning in English

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Adverb

Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: From in + between, perhaps in imitation of similar phrases as in the middle of, in the midst of, etc. Etymology templates: {{af|en|in|between}} in + between, {{m|en|in the middle of}} in the middle of, {{m|en|in the midst of}} in the midst of Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} in between (not comparable)
  1. Between them. Tags: not-comparable Translations (between (adverbially)): tussenin (Dutch), dazwischen (German), í milli (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-in_between-en-adv-~2-ipqNy

Preposition

Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: From in + between, perhaps in imitation of similar phrases as in the middle of, in the midst of, etc. Etymology templates: {{af|en|in|between}} in + between, {{m|en|in the middle of}} in the middle of, {{m|en|in the midst of}} in the midst of Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} in between, {{en-prep}} in between
  1. Between Synonyms: inbetween, in-between Derived forms: inbetweening Translations (between): بَيْن (bayn) (Arabic), بين (ben) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), tussenin (Dutch), välissä (Finnish), entre (French), zwischen (German), í milli (Icelandic), pomiędzy (Polish), entre (Portuguese), entre (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-in_between-en-prep-weo~Xnqk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English locatives, English prepositions, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 96 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 94 1 Disambiguation of English locatives: 3 94 3 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 17 58 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 93 1 Disambiguation of 'between': 73 27
  2. In the space between Translations (in the space between): فِي مَا بَيْن (fī mā bayn) (Arabic), في ما بين (fi ma ben) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), välissä (Finnish), zwischen (German), innimellom (Norwegian Bokmål), innimellom (Norwegian Nynorsk), pomiędzy (Polish)
    Sense id: en-in_between-en-prep-8n-yJkJV Disambiguation of 'in the space between': 36 64

Alternative forms

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