Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the midst or center of; among; surrounded by; in the course or progress of. See
amid .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- preposition In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
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- preposition In the
midst ormiddle of;surrounded orencompassed by;among .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Cyclist Floyd Landis, who won the Tour de France in 2006 only to lose his title amidst doping charges, which at the time he denied, has now decided to cop to them.
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Well, in amidst this anxiety and sense of being like a spider with everybody pulling on a different leg, there is some news I consider positive.
arise, sir percivale, the noble knight and god's knight, and go with me matociquala 2010
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But he found that a traveller's life is one that includes much pain amidst its enjoyments.
Chapter 2 2010
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But he found that a traveller's life is one that includes much pain amidst its enjoyments.
Chapter 19 2010
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As an individual incident, it was pretty trivial - but if Democratic surrogates can't help but say nice things about McCain amidst their attacks, the forcefulness of those attacks is going to be muted.
Unconventional Thoughts on the Democratic Primary - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com 2008
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There are quite a few parts that made me laugh, too, in amidst the ripping off of body parts and tearing apart of flesh, shagging, and blood drinking.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Staked - J. F. Lewis Blue Tyson 2008
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Maybe I can squeeze a few of these in amidst the chaos before the ball drops on the first.
BEST & WORST 2007: Movies « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2007
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If I'm lucky I'll be able to sew a little tomorrow in amidst the housecleaning.
Archive 2006-08-01 katelnorth 2006
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If I'm lucky I'll be able to sew a little tomorrow in amidst the housecleaning.
Honourably discharged... katelnorth 2006
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And did it even occur to you once sir — somewhere in amidst those eight separate, gruesome, intentional, terroristic invocations of the horrors of 9/11 — that with only a little further shift in this world we now know — just a touch more repudiation of all of that for which our patriots died —
October 2006 2006
tomsteele commented on the word amidst
I think you meant to say amid.
December 24, 2006
sonofgroucho commented on the word amidst
No we didn't!
October 1, 2007