in the midst of en · ADP
Etymology
From Middle English in the myddis of.
Meanings
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In the middle of; amidst, amongst.
He has been the master of the fire sale, swooping in to snap up bargains in the midst of panics and sell-offs.
2010 March 14, Paul Harris, “Carlos Slim: The world's wealthiest man”, in The Observer:The pace of e-commerce was flying, and Magna Park 1 opened in the midst of a spell in which, between 2006 and 2016, the share of John Lewis deliveries going direct to customers rose 12-fold.
2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian:To the West Station is less than a mile. The line runs first past water-meadows, with another fine view of the Cathedral, then under a bridge, and finally over a level crossing set in the midst of one of the main streets.
1952 July, A. W. V. Mace, “The Ashford, Canterbury, and Ramsgate Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 437:I stepped out and advanced valiantly upon a long-maned bull in the midst of his wives. I was armed with the regular club with which the boat-pullers killed the wounded seals gaffed aboard by the hunters.
1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
Translations (8)
fi keskellä (in the middle of; amidst, amongst) · pl w środku (in the middle of; amidst, amongst) · arz بين (in the middle of; amidst, amongst) · sv mitt ibland (in the middle of; amidst, amongst) · fr au sein de (in the middle of; amidst, amongst) · de in Mitten von (in the middle of; amidst, amongst) · ar بَيْن (in the middle of; amidst, amongst) · de in der Mitte von (in the middle of; amidst, amongst)