"amidst" meaning in All languages combined

See amidst on Wiktionary

Preposition [English]

IPA: /aˈmɪdst/ [US, UK] Audio: en-us-amidst.ogg [US] Forms: amidst
Head templates: {{preposition}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is amidst other things, it is in the middle of them.
    Sense id: simple-amidst-en-prep-4Hd85IFu
  2. If something happens amidst other things, it happens at the same time as them.
    Sense id: simple-amidst-en-prep-xHjqRmOt
     
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She saw the moon rising above the open sea amidst flying clouds."
        }
      ],
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        "If something is amidst other things, it is in the middle of them."
      ],
      "id": "simple-amidst-en-prep-4Hd85IFu"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Amdist all the packing and moving, she still had to study."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something happens amidst other things, it happens at the same time as them."
      ],
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    }
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/aˈmɪdst/",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-amidst.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "amidst"
}

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      ]
    }
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    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "preposition"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
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  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She saw the moon rising above the open sea amidst flying clouds."
        }
      ],
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        "If something is amidst other things, it is in the middle of them."
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "Amdist all the packing and moving, she still had to study."
        }
      ],
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        "If something happens amidst other things, it happens at the same time as them."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/aˈmɪdst/",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-amidst.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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