| Main Entry: |
amid |
| Part of Speech: |
preposition |
| Definition: |
middle |
Synonyms: |
amidst,
among, amongst, between, during, mid, over, surrounded by, throughout
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| Notes: |
among applies to things that can be separated and counted; amid to things that cannot
use between when referring to two, use among for three or more entities, and use amid for a quantity that is not made up of separate items; between applies to reciprocal arrangements and among to collective arrangements |
Antonyms: |
away from, beyond, far from, outside, separate
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