midst

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.

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

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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]

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midst²

prep

Poetic See amid

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.

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 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 [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]

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 中部

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 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 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 在我们（你们、他们）当中