Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - midst
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Midst
midst
noun Etymology: Middle English middest, alteration of middes, short for amiddes amid Date: 15th century 1. the interior or central part or point ; middle in the ~ of the forest 2. a position of proximity to the members of a group a traitor in our ~ 3. the condition of being surrounded or beset in the ~ of his troubles 4. a period of time about the middle of a continuing act or condition in the ~ of a meal • ~ preposition
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prep. & n. --prep. poet. amidst. --n. middle (now only in phrases as below). Phrases and idioms in the midst of among; in the middle of. in our (or your or their) midst among us (or you or them). Etymology: ME middest, middes f. in middes, in middan (as IN, MID(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. уст. середина in the midst of pleasure —- в разгар веселья in our midst —- среди нас from (out of) our midst —- из нашей среды 2. средь ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
1. noun середина; in the midst of - среди; in our midst, in the midst of us - в нашей среде; среди нас Syn: see centre 2. prep. poet.; see amid ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
1. If you are in the midst of doing something, you are doing it at the moment. We are in the midst of one of the worst recessions for many, many years. PREP-PHRASE: usu v-link PREP -ing/n 2. If something happens in the midst of an event, it happens during it. Eleanor arrived in the midst of a blizzard. PREP-PHRASE 3. If someone or something is in the midst of a group of people or things, they are among them or surrounded by them. Many were surprised to see him exposed like this in the midst of a large crowd... = amid, among PREP-PHRASE 4. You say that someone is in your midst when you are drawing attention to the fact that they are in your group. (FORMAL) We’re lucky to have such a man in our midst. PHRASE: v-link PHR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~1 n 1 in the midst of a) in the middle of a period, situation, or event (in the midst of the Cold War) b) in the middle of a place or a group of things 2 in our/their midst formal in a particular group (We have a traitor in our midst.) ~2 prep old use in the middle of or among ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- M.E. middes, from O.E. mid + adv. gen. -s, with parasitic -t (15c.), perhaps on model of superlatives. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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