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midst

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[midst]

noun

  1. the position of anything surrounded by other things or parts, or occurring in the middle of a period of time, course of action, etc..

    a familiar face in the midst of the crowd;

    in the midst of the performance.

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  2. the middle point, part, or stage.

    We arrived in the midst of a storm.

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midst

2

[midst]

preposition

  1. amidst.

midst

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/ ɪ /

noun

  1. surrounded or enveloped by; at a point during, esp a climactic one

  2. among us

  3. archaicthe centre

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midst

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/ ɪ /

preposition

  1. poeticSee amid

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of midst1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, equivalent to middes (aphetic variant of amiddes “in the middle”) + excrescent -t; amidst
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of midst1

C14: back formation from amiddes amid
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. in our / your / their midst, in the midst of or among us (you, them).

    To think there was a spy in our midst!

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Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

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And in the midst of it, we’re watching our neighbors, the people who keep our neighborhood joints running, live in fear, especially amid a rise in ICE arrests and political scapegoating.

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Many parts of the UK are in the midst of heatwave conditions and an amber heat health alert has been issued by the UK Health Security Agency across England until Monday.

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A spokesperson for Mr Walter's company confirmed the billionaire financier was in the midst of a deal with the Lakers.

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And in the midst of it, my fans are able to see who I am as a person and how deeply I love, how loyal I am.

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When Israel launched its campaign, the U.S. and Iran were in the midst of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, with the sixth round of those negotiations slated for Sunday in the Omani capital, Muscat.

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