"amid" meaning in All languages combined

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Preposition [English]

IPA: /əˈmɪd/ Audio: en-us-amid.ogg [US] Forms: amid
Head templates: {{preposition}} [POS TABLE]
  1. You use amid to talk about something happening at the same time as many other things.
    Sense id: simple-amid-en-prep-xnAmJ8nS
  2. You use amid to talk about something being in the middle of something else.
    Sense id: simple-amid-en-prep-ikYNOCX2
     
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Amid all the riots during the blackout, many stores were looted."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "You use amid to talk about something happening at the same time as many other things."
      ],
      "id": "simple-amid-en-prep-xnAmJ8nS"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "You use amid to talk about something being in the middle of something else."
      ],
      "id": "simple-amid-en-prep-ikYNOCX2"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈmɪd/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-amid.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "amid"
}

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        "Preposition"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "preposition"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Amid all the riots during the blackout, many stores were looted."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "You use amid to talk about something happening at the same time as many other things."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "You use amid to talk about something being in the middle of something else."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈmɪd/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-amid.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "amid"
}

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