"in between" meaning in English

See in between in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: Univerbation of in + between, perhaps in imitation of similar phrases as in the middle of, in the midst of, etc. Etymology templates: {{univ|en|in|between}} Univerbation of in + between 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: Univerbation of in + between, perhaps in imitation of similar phrases as in the middle of, in the midst of, etc. Etymology templates: {{univ|en|in|between}} Univerbation of in + between Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} in between, {{en-prep}} in between
  1. Between Synonyms: 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 locatives, English prepositions, English univerbations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 70 17 Disambiguation of English locatives: 9 80 11 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 18 56 26 Disambiguation of English univerbations: 9 81 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 84 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 88 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 90 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 8 82 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 8 83 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 8 83 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 84 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 84 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 84 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 7 84 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 8 83 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 4 91 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 7 84 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 76 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 88 6 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': 38 62

Alternative forms

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