"in the midst of" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Etymology: From Middle English in the myddis of. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|in the myddis of}} Middle English in the myddis of Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in the midst of, {{en-PP}} in the midst of
  1. In the middle of; amidst, amongst. Translations (in the middle of; amidst, amongst): بَيْن (bayn) (Arabic), بين (ben) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), keskellä (Finnish), au sein de (French), in Mitten von (German), in der Mitte von (German), w środku (Polish)
    Sense id: en-in_the_midst_of-en-prep_phrase-dR3t0flh Categories (other): Egyptian Arabic terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header

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