"in-between" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From in- + between. Etymology templates: {{af|en|in-|between}} in- + between Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} in-between
  1. Lying between; neither one thing nor the other. Derived forms: in-betweeny, inbetweening Translations (Lying between): بَيْنَ بَيْنَ (bayna bayna) (Arabic), междинен (meždinen) (Bulgarian), преходен (prehoden) (Bulgarian), intermedi (Catalan), tussenliggend (Dutch), dazwischenliegend (German), leżący pomiędzy (Polish), перехо́дный (perexódnyj) (Russian), промежу́точный (promežútočnyj) (Russian), nasa pagitan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-in-between-en-adj-YmdPGfjy Categories (other): English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 37 30 33

Noun

Forms: in-betweens [plural]
Etymology: From in- + between. Etymology templates: {{af|en|in-|between}} in- + between Head templates: {{en-noun}} in-between (plural in-betweens)
  1. An interval or intervening time. Synonyms: interim
    Sense id: en-in-between-en-noun-WF9ySQIz Categories (other): English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 37 30 33
  2. One who intervenes.
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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