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in-betweens

in-betweens is the plural of in-between.

Meaning of in-between

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

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Questions about in-betweens

What is in-betweens the plural of?
In-betweens is the plural of in-between.

Words near in-betweens in the dictionary

  1. in-between hops
  2. in-between move
  3. in-betweener
  4. in-betweeners
  5. in-betweenies
  6. in-betweens
  7. in-betweeny
  8. in-box
  9. in-boxed
  10. in-boxes
  11. in-boxing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in-betweens (page history and authors); in-between (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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