Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
among .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- preposition Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at
amidst .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The world owes a very large part of its sufferings to tyrants; but what tyrant was there amongst the ancients, whom the poets did not place _amongst the gods_?
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I don't know about her, but for me it was an instant green light when they mentioned her name amongst others.
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I don't know about her, but for me it was an instant green light when they mentioned her name amongst others.
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And there seem to be high hopes for the title amongst gamers.
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And there seem to be high hopes for the title amongst gamers.
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The last of their thirteen toasts prayed that “the United States, cemented by the New Constitution,” would “rise beautiful as a Phoenix from the ashes of contempt,” and that “Commerce, in all its branches, flourish unrestricted under its auspices, as long as America has a name amongst the nations.”
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The last of their thirteen toasts prayed that “the United States, cemented by the New Constitution,” would “rise beautiful as a Phoenix from the ashes of contempt,” and that “Commerce, in all its branches, flourish unrestricted under its auspices, as long as America has a name amongst the nations.”
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The last of their thirteen toasts prayed that “the United States, cemented by the New Constitution,” would “rise beautiful as a Phoenix from the ashes of contempt,” and that “Commerce, in all its branches, flourish unrestricted under its auspices, as long as America has a name amongst the nations.”
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But then, I found that when the first few chords would strike, I wouldn't skip ahead... until I was actively searching for the title amongst thousands, and repeating it over and over again.
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But then, I found that when the first few chords would strike, I wouldn't skip ahead... until I was actively searching for the title amongst thousands, and repeating it over and over again.
sonofgroucho commented on the word amongst
"Brother word" of amidst.
October 1, 2007
uselessness commented on the word amongst
See discussion here.
October 2, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word amongst
I think it's a relation of betwixt, too!
October 11, 2007