"midst" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɪdst/, [mɪdst], [mɪtst] Audio: en-us-midst.ogg Forms: midsts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪdst Etymology: From Middle English middes, midst, myddest (“middle”), from Old English midde, reshaped in Middle English phrases like in middes (“in the middle”) by analogy with adverbs in -(e)s; also compare Old English on middan, tōmiddes. Forms in -(e)st are probably due to influence of superlatives. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|middes}} Middle English middes, {{der|en|ang|midde}} Old English midde Head templates: {{en-noun}} midst (plural midsts)
  1. (often literary) A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location. Tags: literary, often Synonyms: centre, center, middle Translations (place in the middle of something): մեջտեղ (meǰteġ) (Armenian), среда (sreda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), q-A-b-F46:Y1 (qꜣb) (Egyptian), keskus (Finnish), keskusta (Finnish), sisin (Finnish), ydin (Finnish), centre (French), milieu (French), Mitten [feminine, plural] (German), Mitte [feminine] (German), 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌰 (miduma) [feminine] (Gothic), مركز (merkez) (Ottoman Turkish), menzu [masculine] (Sicilian), centru [masculine] (Sicilian), centro (Spanish), середина (seredyna) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-midst-en-noun-keeRbGen
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: midest, middest, middis, middst, myddest, mydest, myddis, myddst, mydst [obsolete]

Preposition

IPA: /mɪdst/, [mɪdst], [mɪtst] Audio: en-us-midst.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪdst Etymology: From Middle English middes, midst, myddest (“middle”), from Old English midde, reshaped in Middle English phrases like in middes (“in the middle”) by analogy with adverbs in -(e)s; also compare Old English on middan, tōmiddes. Forms in -(e)st are probably due to influence of superlatives. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|middes}} Middle English middes, {{der|en|ang|midde}} Old English midde Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} midst, {{en-prep}} midst
  1. (rare) Among, in the middle of; amidst. Tags: rare Synonyms: amid, amidst Derived forms: in the midst of, in one's midst Translations (in the middle of): فِي مُنْتَصَف (fī muntaṣaf) (Arabic), وَسْطَ (wasṭa) (Arabic), في نص (fi noṣṣ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), сред (sred) (Bulgarian), keskellä (Finnish), inmitten (German), среди́ (sredí) (Russian), серед (sered) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-midst-en-prep-OUo4XoDm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Egyptian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: midest, middest, middis, middst, myddest, mydest, myddis, myddst, mydst [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "As he said in \"I Have a Dream,\" the Negro \"lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity.\"",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location."
      ],
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          "middle",
          "middle"
        ]
      ],
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        "(often literary) A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location."
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/mɪdst/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɪdst]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɪtst]"
    },
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪdst"
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    {
      "word": "centre"
    },
    {
      "word": "center"
    },
    {
      "word": "middle"
    },
    {
      "word": "midest"
    },
    {
      "word": "middest"
    },
    {
      "word": "middis"
    },
    {
      "word": "middst"
    },
    {
      "word": "myddest"
    },
    {
      "word": "mydest"
    },
    {
      "word": "myddis"
    },
    {
      "word": "myddst"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "mydst"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "meǰteġ",
      "sense": "place in the middle of something",
      "word": "մեջտեղ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sreda",
      "sense": "place in the middle of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "среда"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "qꜣb",
      "sense": "place in the middle of something",
      "word": "q-A-b-F46:Y1"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place in the middle of something",
      "word": "keskus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place in the middle of something",
      "word": "keskusta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place in the middle of something",
      "word": "sisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place in the middle of something",
      "word": "ydin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "place in the middle of something",
      "word": "centre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "place in the middle of something",
      "word": "milieu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place in the middle of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Mitten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place in the middle of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mitte"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "miduma",
      "sense": "place in the middle of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌰"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "merkez",
      "sense": "place in the middle of something",
      "word": "مركز"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "place in the middle of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "menzu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "place in the middle of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "centru"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "place in the middle of something",
      "word": "centro"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "seredyna",
      "sense": "place in the middle of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "середина"
    }
  ],
  "word": "midst"
}

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    {
      "word": "in the midst of"
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      "word": "in one's midst"
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          "text": "Mildred comes home from work early only to discover her husband, Robert, midst of a lewd affair with their neighbor, Gladys.",
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        {
          "ref": "1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "She puts the period often from his place ; And 'midst the sentence so her accent breaks",
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        "Among, in the middle of; amidst."
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          "amidst"
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        "(rare) Among, in the middle of; amidst."
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      "ipa": "/mɪdst/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[mɪdst]"
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      "ipa": "[mɪtst]"
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    {
      "word": "amid"
    },
    {
      "word": "amidst"
    },
    {
      "word": "midest"
    },
    {
      "word": "middest"
    },
    {
      "word": "middis"
    },
    {
      "word": "middst"
    },
    {
      "word": "myddest"
    },
    {
      "word": "mydest"
    },
    {
      "word": "myddis"
    },
    {
      "word": "myddst"
    },
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fī muntaṣaf",
      "sense": "in the middle of",
      "word": "فِي مُنْتَصَف"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wasṭa",
      "sense": "in the middle of",
      "word": "وَسْطَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fi noṣṣ",
      "sense": "in the middle of",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "في نص"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sred",
      "sense": "in the middle of",
      "word": "сред"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in the middle of",
      "word": "keskellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in the middle of",
      "word": "inmitten"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sredí",
      "sense": "in the middle of",
      "word": "среди́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sered",
      "sense": "in the middle of",
      "word": "серед"
    }
  ],
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}

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