Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - among

also amongst ~ prep 1 in the middle of  (The girl quickly disappeared among the crowd. | I could hear voices coming from somewhere among the bushes.)  (- see between1) 2 among friends/strangers with people who are your friends or who you do not know  (Jim relaxed, knowing he was among friends.) 3 through or between  (We walked among the chestnut woods on the mountain slopes. | She began rummaging among the books on her desk.) 4 used to say that something such as a feeling or disease affects many people in a particular group, or that many people in a group have the same opinion  (There is widespread concern among scientists about the long-term consequences of storing nuclear waste underground. | 7,000 job losses among railway workers) 5 used when talking about a particular person or thing in a group of people or things  (She was the eldest among them. | Innocent civilians were among the casualties. | My grandfather had among his possessions a portrait by Matisse.) 6 among other used to say that you are only mentioning one or two people or things out of a much larger group  (among other things)  (At the meeting they discussed, among other things, recent events in Eastern Europe.) 7 if something is divided or shared among a group of people, each is given a part of it 8 talk/quarrel among yourselves to talk or quarrel with other people  (Talk among yourselves for a while, I'll be ready soon.)