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midst definition

midst (midst, mitst)

noun

the middle or central part: now mainly in phrases as below

Etymology: ME middest, prob. merging of middes, gen. of mid (with unhistoric -t) + middest, superl. of mid, mid

Old Poet. in the midst of; amidst; amid
midst Idioms

in our (or your or their) midst

among us (or you or them)

in the midst of

  1. in the middle of; surrounded by
  2. in the course of; during

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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