midst

midst

core, heart; occurring in the middle: She arrived at the theater in the midst of the performance.; course of action

Not to be confused with:

missed – failed to hit: missed the target; regretted the loss or absence of: She missed her classmates.; failed to be present: missed church

mist – cloud; a fine spray; to rain in very fine drops; something that dims or obscures: The mist of passion blurred his reason.

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midst

 (mĭdst, mĭtst)

n.

1. The middle position or part; the center: in the midst of the desert.

2. A position of proximity to others: a stranger in our midst.

3. The condition of being surrounded or beset by something: in the midst of all of our problems.

4. A period of time approximately in the middle of a continuing condition or act: in the midst of the war.

prep.

Among; amid.

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[Middle English middes, middest : alteration of Old English midde, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots.]

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midst

(mɪdst)

n

1. in the midst of surrounded or enveloped by; at a point during, esp a climactic one

2. in our midst among us

3. archaic the centre

[C14: back formation from amiddes amid]

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midst

(mɪdst)

prep

poetic See amid

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midst¹

(mɪdst)

n.

1. the position of anything surrounded by or among other things or parts (usu. prec. by the): in the midst of the crowd.

2. the position of something occurring in the middle of or during a period of time, course of action, etc. (usu. prec. by the): in the midst of the concert.

3. the state of being surrounded by or engaged in (usu. prec. by the): in the midst of work.

4. the middle point or part.

[1350–1400; Middle English, =middes (variant of amiddes amidst) + excrescent -t]

midst²

(mɪdst)

prep.

amidst.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

midst - the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd" thick inside, interior - the region that is inside of something

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midst

noun middle, centre, heart, interior, thick, depths, core, hub, bosom The organisation realised it had a traitor in its midst.

in the midst of among, during, in the middle of, surrounded by, amidst, in the thick of, enveloped by She arrived in the midst of a blizzard.

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midst

noun

1. A point or an area equidistant from all sides of something:

center, median, middle, midpoint.

2. The most intensely active central part:

eye, thick.

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Translations

بَين، في مَرْكِزفي غَمْرَة

uprostřed

midt imidt iblandtmidt under

milieu

á meîanmiîja; í miîju

mezzotra noi

jų aplinkojejūsų aplinkojemūsų aplinkojevienu metu su

vidū, starpvienlaicīgi

samtidig med

arasındaesnasındaortasındasırasında

中部中间在 ... 当中当中正当 ... 的时候

midst

[mɪdst]

A. N in the midst of (place) → en medio de, a mitad de (LAm)
in the midst of the battle (fig) → en plena batalla
in our midst → entre nosotros

B. PREP (liter) = amidst

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midst

[ˈmɪdst] n
in our midst (= among us) → en notre sein (formal), parmi nous
in their midst (= among them) → en leur sein (formal), parmi eux
in the midst of [+ place] → au milieu de; [+ situation] → en plein(e)
In the midst of the scandal, news broke of her resignation → En plein scandale, la nouvelle de sa démission éclata.
to be in the midst of doing sth → être en train de faire qch

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midst

n → Mitte f; in the midst of → mitten in; we are in the midst of an economic crisis → wir stecken mitten in einer Wirtschaftskrise; and in the midst of our troubles Grandpa died → und zu allem Unglück starb noch Großvater; in our midst → unter uns, in unserer Mitte (geh); in the midst of life (we are in death) (Bibl) → mitten im Leben sind wir vom Tod umgeben

prep (old poet) = amid(st)

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midst

[mɪdst] n in the midst of → in mezzo a; (during) → durante
in our midst → tra di noi, in mezzo a noi

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midst

(midst) : in the midst of

1. among or in the centre of. in the midst of a crowd of people. in بَين، في مَرْكِز в центъра на meio uprostřed inmitten midt iblandt; midt i ανάμεσα σε en medio de, entre seas در وسط keskuudessa au milieu deאמצע बीच između közepén di tengah-tengah miðja; í miðju in mezzo a* ～のまん中に 한 가운데에 viduryje, tarp vidū, starp di tengah-tengah middenmidt iwśród په وسط كښى meio în mijlocul среди, между uprostred na sredini sredina mitt: mitt [uppe] i ตรงกลาง ortasında, arasında 在…當中，在…中央 серед درمیان ở giữa 中间，中部，在 ... 当中，正当 ... 的时候

2. at the same time as. in the midst of all these troubles. ondertussen في غَمْرَة в разгара на no meio de uprostřed inmitten midt under στο μέσο en medio de ajal در میان kesken pendant בִּזמָן ה- बीच में, मध्य में usred közben bersamaan dengan á meðan (á e-u stendur) nel mezzo di* ～の最中に 동시에 vienu metu su vienlaicīgi (ar) tengah middensamtidig medpośród په عين حال كښى no meio de în timpul в разгар uprostred v sredi sredina mitt uppe i ในเวลาเดียวกัีน sırasında, esnasında 在…當中 серед کے وسط میں đồng thời 当中

in our/your/their midst

among, or in the same place as, us, you or them. Large buildings keep rising in our midst. hierrond في وَسَط непосредствено до нас entre nós/vós/eles mezi (námi), v (našem) středu mitten unter uns, ... omkring os; blandt os ανάμεσά μας entre nosotros/vosotros/ellos meie, teie, nende hulgas در میان ما keskuudessa parmi בְּקֶרֶב- हमारे या तुम्हारे बीच sredina közöttünk di tengah-tengah á meðal okkar in mezzo a noi/voi/loro ～の中に 우리들(너희들, 그들) 가운데에 mūsų, jūsų, jų aplinkoje (kāda) apkaimē di tengah-tengah kawasan in ons, jullie, hun midden midt iblantwśród زمونږ په مينځ كښى entre nós/vós/eles în mijlocul nostru среди нас, вас, них uprostred med usred mitt ibland oss/er/dem ท่ามกลาง arasında 在我們(你們、他們)當中 у нашому середовищі; серед нас کے درمیان giữa 在我们（你们、他们）当中

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