midst

Midst means the middle of.

(preposition)

When you are in the middle of cleaning, this is an example of a situation where you are in the midst of cleaning.

Midst is defined as a middle point or middle part.

(noun)

The point right in the middle of a city is an example of the midst of the city.

See midst in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

Origin: 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

See midst in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The middle position or part; the center: in the midst of the desert.
A position of proximity to others: a stranger in our midst.
The condition of being surrounded or beset by something: in the midst of all of our problems.
A period of time approximately in the middle of a continuing condition or act: in the midst of the war.

preposition

Among; amid.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English middes, middest

Origin: : alteration of Old English midde, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots

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