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midst

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[midst]

noun

  1. the position of anything surrounded by other things or parts, or occurring in the middle of a period of time, course of action, etc..

    a familiar face in the midst of the crowd;

    in the midst of the performance.

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  2. the middle point, part, or stage.

    We arrived in the midst of a storm.

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midst

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[midst]

preposition

  1. amidst.

midst

1

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. surrounded or enveloped by; at a point during, esp a climactic one

  2. among us

  3. archaicthe centre

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

midst

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/ ɪ /

preposition

  1. poeticSee amid

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of midst1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, equivalent to middes (aphetic variant of amiddes “in the middle”) + excrescent -t; amidst
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Word History and Origins

Origin of midst1

C14: back formation from amiddes amid
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. in our / your / their midst, in the midst of or among us (you, them).

    To think there was a spy in our midst!

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Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

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When Israel launched its campaign, the U.S. and Iran were in the midst of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, with the sixth round of those negotiations slated for Sunday in the Omani capital, Muscat.

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Russell eased Bath nerves with a penalty but neither side could get into their flow in the midst of a stuttering start.

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He expressed irritation too that Sir Keir had theatrically doled out an invitation for a state visit to the UK for the president - in the midst of that questioning of Canada's sovereignty.

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As Paramount struggles to complete a key merger, the company is in the midst of a protracted negotiation to extend one of its biggest and most important franchises: the long-running foulmouthed cartoon “South Park.”

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This is the first and last special ever taped by the budding comedian, who died in the midst of his headlining “Butterfly Effect” tour at age 28, following a history of congestive heart failure.

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