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Pronunciation

• /əˈmɘ̞ŋst/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, fronting
• /əˈmɜŋst/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, fronting
• /əˈmʌŋst/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /əˈmäŋst/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• (US) audio
• /əˈmʊŋst/ (Ireland, Northern-England) without the foot-strut split
• /əˈmɐŋst/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

From amongs + -t (excrescent), from among + -s (genitive). By surface analysis, among + -st (excrescent). Root among from Old English ongemang, from on (“in”) + gemang (“assemblage, mingling”).

Meanings

1. Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at amidst.
   • And novv thee vvorſhip, mongſt that bleſſed throng / Of heauenlie Poets and Heroes ſtrong. [1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “The Ruines of Time”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC, signature C2, verso:
   • Janek feels very at ease amongst his friends, but gets incredibly nervous when meeting new people.
   • The smart little locomotives, mostly 0-6-0 saddletanks, which are always busy shunting traffic amongst the vast dockside warehouses, belong to the Manchester Ship Canal Railway, a line of considerable importance. 1959 October, Norman Jones, “The Manchester Ship Canal Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 488:

Forms

Antonyms

without · outside · outwith

Deriveds

hereamongst · get amongst it · whereamongst · thereamongst

Hypernyms

within · together with

Hyponyms

amidships · through

Synonyms

in the midst of · in the thick of · amongst · among · amidst · in · in the middle of · amid

Translations (28)

id antara (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · pt juntamente com (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · nb blant (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · ko 가운데 (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · es entre (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · fi seassa (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · nn blant (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · eo inter (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · nl onder (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · pt entre (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · sv bland (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · de zwischen (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · vi giữa (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · ca entre (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · th ท่ามกลาง (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · el ανάμεσα (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · ru среди́ (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · da iblandt (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · nb iblant (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · fi keskellä (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · fr parmi (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · nn iblant (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · sv ibland (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · tr arasında (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · nl tussen (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · de unter (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · vi trong số (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) · ko 사이 (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing)