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a·mid

 (ə-mĭd′) also a·midst (ə-mĭdst′)
prep.
Surrounded by; in the middle of.

[Middle English : a-, in; see a-2 + mid, middle (from Old English midde, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots).]
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amid

(əˈmɪd) or

amidst

prep
in the middle of; among
[Old English on middan in the middle; see mid1]
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a•mid

(əˈmɪd)

also amidst



prep.
1. in the middle of; surrounded by; among.
2. in or throughout the course of; during.
[before 1000; Middle English amidde, Old English amiddan, for on middan in (the) middle. See a-1, mid1]
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amid

amidst
preposition
1. during, among, at a time of, in an atmosphere of He cancelled a foreign trip amid growing concerns of a domestic crisis.
2. in the middle of, among, surrounded by, amongst, in the midst of, in the thick of a tiny bungalow amid clusters of trees
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Translations
meziuprostředv
blandtmidt i
á meîal, innan um
tarp
starpvidū
medziuprostred
arasındaortasında

amid

[əˈmɪd] PREPen medio de, entre
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amid

[əˈmɪd] prep
(= during) [+ noise, shouting] → au milieu de, parmi
BUT La Grande-Bretagne et les Etats-Unis étaient en alerte maximale hier soir dans un climat de peur d'une attaque terroriste de représailles.
(= surrounded by) [+ trees, fields, rocks, rubble] → au milieu de
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amid(st)

prepinmitten (+gen)
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amid

[əˈmɪd] amidst [əˈmɪdst] prep (frm, liter) → in mezzo a, fra, tra
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amid,

amidst

(əˈmid(st)) preposition
in the middle of; among. Amid all the confusion, the real point of the meeting was lost; amidst the shadows.
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Then up rose from the hill in the rugged Cantabrian valley a sound such as had not been heard in those parts before, nor was again, until the streams which rippled amid the rocks had been frozen by over four hundred winters and thawed by as many returning springs.
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