amidst en · ADP
Pronunciation
- /aˈmɪdst/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /əˈmɪtst/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
From amids + -t (excrescent), from amid + -s (genitive). By surface analysis, amid + -st (excrescent). Root amid from Middle English amidde, amiddes, on midden, from Old English on middan (“in the middle”), from midd (“central”) (English mid).
Meanings
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In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
Not so, however, with Tarzan, the man-child. His life amidst the dangers of the jungle had taught him to meet emergencies with self-confidence, and his higher intelligence resulted in a quickness of mental action far beyond the powers of the apes.
1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 5, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, June 1914, →OCLC:Be a philosopher ; but amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
1748, [David Hume], chapter 4, in Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| amiddst | alternative | lexicographic | |
| amydst | alternative | lexicographic | |
| amyddest | alternative | lexicographic | |
| amiddest | alternative | lexicographic | |
| amidest | alternative | lexicographic | |
| amyddst | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
Translations (24)
ga i measc (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · itk אֵינְפֵֿירַה (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · sv under (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · eo inter (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · pt entre (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · es en medio de (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · eo meze de (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · arz بين (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · th ท่ามกลาง (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · fr entre (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · pt em meio a (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · es entre (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · pt no meio de (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · hy մեջ (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · pl pośród (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · fr au milieu de (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · ar بَيْن (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · ga i lár (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · sv mitt i (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · sl srédi (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · de inmitten (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · fr parmi (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · it in mezzo (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) · es en pleno (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among)