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midst
1[ midst ]
noun
- 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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- the middle point, part, or stage:
We arrived in the midst of a storm.
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midst
2[ midst ]
preposition
midst
1/ ɪ /
noun
- in the midst ofsurrounded or enveloped by; at a point during, esp a climactic one
- in our midstamong us
- archaic.the centre
midst
2/ ɪ /
preposition
- poetic.See amid
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of midst1
Idioms and Phrases
- in our / your / their midst, in the midst of or among us (you, them):
To think there was a spy in our midst!
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
But with the Braves already in the midst of a 17-straight-game stretch, the Dodgers were instead asked to “hunker down,” as manager Dave Roberts quipped before the game, and wait.
But the city seemed genuinely proud to have Dylan in their midst.
Before the earthquake, Myanmar was in the midst of a nationwide civil war.
Measles has been confirmed in a Los Angeles County resident who recently returned from Texas, a state that is in the midst of an outbreak of the highly infectious disease, health officials said Friday.
The judge paid tribute to the families of those who died for their "dignity and courage in the midst of overwhelming grief".
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