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{
"ipa": "[mɪtst]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪdst"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-midst.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/En-us-midst.ogg/En-us-midst.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/En-us-midst.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "amid"
},
{
"word": "amidst"
},
{
"word": "midest"
},
{
"word": "middest"
},
{
"word": "middis"
},
{
"word": "middst"
},
{
"word": "myddest"
},
{
"word": "mydest"
},
{
"word": "myddis"
},
{
"word": "myddst"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "mydst"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"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"
}
],
"word": "midst"
}
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