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in-between

in-between adjective: lying between; neither one thing nor the other; intermediary.

Adjective

in-between

  1. Lying between; neither one thing nor the other; intermediary.

Noun

in-between (plural in-betweens)

  1. An interval or intervening time.
    Synonyms:
    interim
  2. One who intervenes.
  3. Synonym of inbetweener (“a person who or thing that falls between different groups or characteristics”).
    • “They don’t belong anywhere. Colored folks won’t have ‘em because they’re half white; white folks won’t have ’em cause they’re colored, so they’re just inbetweens, don’t belong anywhere.[…]”1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    inbetweener

in-between meaning in Bengali, Tagalog and Arabic

in-between in Bengali

in-between, lying within
অন্তঃস্থ ontoḥstho

in-between in Tagalog

Lying between
nasa pagitan

in-between in Arabic

Lying between
بَيْنَ بَيْنَ bayna bayna

Synonyms of in-between

Forms of in-between

pluralin-betweens

Origin of in-between

From in- + between.

Words formed from in-between

Phrases with in-between

Questions about in-between

What does in-between mean?
In-between means lying between; neither one thing nor the other; intermediary.
What is in-between in Bengali?
In-between in Bengali is অন্তঃস্থ (ontoḥstho). See In-between meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is in-between?
In-between can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near in-between in the dictionary

  1. in-basket exercise
  2. in-basket exercises
  3. in-basket situation
  4. in-basket situations
  5. in-baskets
  6. in-between
  7. in-between hop
  8. in-between hops
  9. in-between move
  10. in-betweener
  11. in-betweeners

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in-between (page history and authors); অন্তঃস্থ (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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