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midst

1

[ 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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    Antonyms: ,



midst

2

[ midst ]

preposition

midst

1

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. in the midst of
    surrounded or enveloped by; at a point during, esp a climactic one
  2. in our midst
    among us
  3. archaic.
    the centre
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

midst

2

/ ɪ /

preposition

  1. poetic.
    See amid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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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.

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But the city seemed genuinely proud to have Dylan in their midst.

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Before the earthquake, Myanmar was in the midst of a nationwide civil war.

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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.

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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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