Meaning

1 senses

  1. (rare)Among, in the middle of; amidst.

    Mildred comes home from work early only to discover her husband, Robert, midst of a lewd affair with their neighbor, Gladys.

    inmitten

    среди́sredí

    середsered

Examples

42 sentences

  1. Seems we've got a rebel in our midst, eh?

    Здається, серед нас є бунтар, еге ж? — deniko

    ruКажется, среди нас есть бунтовщик, а? — Ooneykcall

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  2. I am standing in their midst.

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  3. We were in the midst of reading.

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  4. I'm in the midst of a crisis.

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  5. I worked my way into their midst.

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Translations

3 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
in the middle of:
Русский
By meaning 1
in the middle of:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
in the middle of:

Origin

From Middle English middes, midst, myddest (“middle”), from Old English midde, reshaped in

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.

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Forms

Synonyms

2 synonyms
amidC1amidst

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
midlifemidnightA2midriffmidstreammidsummer
midst — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto