Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The middle position or part; the center: in the midst of the desert.
- n. A position of proximity to others: a stranger in our midst.
- n. The condition of being surrounded or beset by something: in the midst of all of our problems.
- n. A period of time approximately in the middle of a continuing condition or act: in the midst of the war.
- prep. Among; amid.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The middle; an interior or central part, point, or position.
- n. Synonyms Amidst, In the midst of, etc. (see among); Center, etc. See middle.
- In the middle.
- Amidst.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used chiefly in the objective case after
in . - n. Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden
- prep. In the midst of; amidst.
- adv. rare In the middle.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the location of something surrounded by other things
Etymologies
- Middle English middes, middest : alteration of Old English midde, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In our midst is a rare individual who knows how to get things done.”
“To all of them, the removal of poverty from among their midst is a categorical imperative from which their governments and their leaders cannot escape.”
“But to accentuate the medievalisms in our midst is as deluding as trying to keep our Royal Mounted an army of lyrical "RoseMaries".”
“In the midst is a well where women in flowing drapery, with tall jars, draw water as if posing for Bible illustrations; and a camel market in which fifty or more of the brown, ungainly beasts have been relieved of their burdens and lain down for the night – doubled into uncomfortable heaps and bubbling and moaning with querulous discontent.”
“I live on a barren desart, which, wide and interminable, brings forth neither fruit or flower; in the midst is a solitary rock, to which thou, Perdita, art chained, and thou seest the dreary level stretch far away.”
“But to wish that Muslims would condemn the violence in their midst is not bigotry but liberality, treating others as you would have them treat you.”
“Clinton and her colleagues at State can write all the strategy documents and policy reviews they want, but in midst of an economic crisis and exploding deficits, will they get the resources to see their vision come to life? lozadac@washpost.com”
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“BSG had the nerve to do that, and do it baldly, in midst of a gritty human drama.”
“In our very midst is an element who seems to have no problem putting all of our rights at risk because of their lack of ethics while hunting.”
“One of the Catholic artists in our midst is Daniel Mitsui, who operates a website, The Lion and the Cardinal and who also fashions bookplates and other art.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘midst’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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RELI - Genesis
Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
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Hence, figuratively
Words with definitions containing both "hence" and "figuratively."
sternforemost, pearl, fulminate, salient, pocket, niche, rough-grained, harness, befog, zenith, pivot, blackwash and 37 more...
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GCI
spinster, maiden, happy-go-lucky, homonym, ill-at-ease, saw red, out of sorts, hot under the collar, taken aback, pen-names, alias, shoelaces and 378 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Misc. Words.
Words I like to use, words I like but may forget.
corrosion, astonish, solace, ferment, continuum, kinesthetic, permeate, repose, caprice, cardinal, discourse, surrender and 610 more...
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Reading Random
Got unknown words randomly
delinquency, modicum, dissuade, incendiary, destitute, lachrymose, plight, ruse, empirical, pedantic, demography, giggle and 444 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Hilary's List
Just a list of words I like
wellspring, mystery, wonderment, intrinsic, artisan, enchantment, magic, transience, incomplete, impermanent, imperfect, resonance and 163 more...
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
Words used in Bram Stoker's Dracula.
decadence, emancipation, nostalgia, abounded, modernity, revolution, famine, conservative, privy, vied, nascent, correspondence and 211 more...
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my favorite nouns
olives, fillip, wrist, oblata, poultice, leeks, garlic, noise, deference, pistachios, static, neck and 29 more...
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Words to be stuck in essays
Essays needn't be dull! Metaphorical language wins.
vestige, manifestation, manifestation, midst, vested, personification, dichotomic, antithesis, discourse, exquisite, plethora, superfluous and 23 more...
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flight's list
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