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midst
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midst  (mdst, mtst)
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.

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

midst1
n
in the midst of surrounded or enveloped by; at a point during, esp a climactic one
in our midst among us
3. Archaic the centre
[back formation from amiddes amid]

midst2
prep
Poetic See amid
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.midst - the location of something surrounded by other thingsmidst - the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd"
inside, interior - the region that is inside of something

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.
Translations
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 midstentre nosotros
B. PREP (liter) = amidst

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

midst
nMitte f; in the midst ofmitten in; we are in the midst of an economic crisiswir stecken mitten in einer Wirtschaftskrise; and in the midst of our troubles Grandpa diedund zu allem Unglück starb noch Großvater; in our midstunter 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)

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

midst [midst]
1 among or in the centre of in the midst of a crowd of people. in بَين، في مَرْكِز в центъра на uprostřed midt iblandt; midt i inmitten ανάμεσα σε en medio de, entre seas در وسط keskellä, keskuudessa au milieu de אֶמצָע 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 midden midt i wśród meio în mijlocul среди, между uprostred na sredini sredina mitt: mitt [] i ตรงกลาง ortasında, arasında 在...中間/中部 серед درمیان ở giữa
2 at the same time as in the midst of all these troubles. ondertussen في غَمْرَة в разгара на uprostřed midt under inmitten στο μέσο en medio de ajal در میان keskellä 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 midden samtidig med pośród no meio de în timpul в разгар uprostred v sredi sredina mitt uppe i ในเวลาเดียวกัีน sırasında, esnasında 當中 серед کے وسط میں đồng thời
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 mezi (námi), v (našem) středu omkring os; blandt os mitten unter uns,... 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 iblant wśród 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


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