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in the midst of

in the midst of preposition: in the middle of; amidst, amongst.

Preposition

in the midst of

  1. In the middle of; amidst, amongst.
    • I stepped out and advanced valiantly upon a long-maned bull in the midst of his wives. I was armed with the regular club with which the boat-pullers killed the wounded seals gaffed aboard by the hunters.1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC
    • To the West Station is less than a mile. The line runs first past water-meadows, with another fine view of the Cathedral, then under a bridge, and finally over a level crossing set in the midst of one of the main streets.1952 July, A. W. V. Mace, “The Ashford, Canterbury, and Ramsgate Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 437

in the midst of meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Arabic

in the midst of in Tamil

நடுவே

in the midst of in Urdu

درمیان

in the midst of in Arabic

in the middle of; amidst, amongst
بَيْن bayn

Examples of in the midst of in a sentence

  • He has been the master of the fire sale, swooping in to snap up bargains in the midst of panics and sell-offs.2010 March 14, Paul Harris, “Carlos Slim: The world's wealthiest man”, in The Observer:
  • The pace of e-commerce was flying, and Magna Park 1 opened in the midst of a spell in which, between 2006 and 2016, the share of John Lewis deliveries going direct to customers rose 12-fold.2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian:

Origin of in the midst of

From Middle English in the myddis of.

Questions about in the midst of

What does in the midst of mean?
In the midst of means in the middle of; amidst, amongst.
What is in the midst of in Tamil?
In the midst of in Tamil is நடுவே. See In the midst of meaning in Tamil.
How do you use in the midst of in a sentence?
He has been the master of the fire sale, swooping in to snap up bargains in the midst of panics and sell-offs.
What part of speech is in the midst of?
In the midst of is a preposition.

Words near in the midst of in the dictionary

  1. in the making
  2. in the mean time
  3. in the meantime
  4. in the meanwhile
  5. in the middle of
  6. in the midst of
  7. in the mix
  8. in the moment
  9. in the money
  10. in the mood
  11. in the name of

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: in the midst of (page history and authors); in the midst of (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); in the midst of (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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