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in between

in between adverb: between them.

Adverb

in between (not comparable)

  1. Between them.
    • Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle...2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36

Preposition

in between

  1. Between.
  2. In the space between.

in between meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

in between in Hindi

in between, within
बग़ल baġal

in between in Tamil

நடுவில்

in between in Urdu

in between, within
بغل baġal

in between in Bengali

in between
মধ্যে moddhe
More languagesFewer languages
in between in Punjabi
ਮੱਧ maddha
in between in Arabic
بَيْن bayn, فِي مَا بَيْن fī mā bayn

Forms of in between

alternative formin-between

Origin of in between

Univerbation of in + between, perhaps in imitation of similar phrases as in the middle of, in the midst of, etc.

Words formed from in between

Words that rhyme with in between

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Questions about in between

What does in between mean?
In between means between them.
What is in between in Hindi?
In between in Hindi is बग़ल (baġal). See In between meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is in between?
In between can be an adverb or a preposition.

Words near in between in the dictionary

  1. in before
  2. in behalf of
  3. in bend
  4. in benefit
  5. in berry
  6. in between
  7. in between jobs
  8. in between times
  9. in bits
  10. in black and white
  11. in blood

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: in between (page history and authors); बग़ल (Hindi) (page history and authors); in between (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بغل (Urdu) (page history and authors); মধ্যে (Bengali) (page history and authors); ਮੱਧ (Punjabi) (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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