- amid amidst
- меѓу* * *меѓу
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amid — amid, amidst Amid, recorded as a preposition and adverb before the Norman Conquest, developed two by forms, amides (cf. always) and amidst (cf. against, amongst). Amides has dropped out of use, and amid and amidst have survived only as… … Modern English usage
amidst — amid, amidst Amid, recorded as a preposition and adverb before the Norman Conquest, developed two by forms, amides (cf. always) and amidst (cf. against, amongst). Amides has dropped out of use, and amid and amidst have survived only as… … Modern English usage
amidst — amid, amidst (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) prep. among, midst, mid. See mixture … English dictionary for students
amidst — amid / amidst [prep] in middle of; among amongst, between, during, in the midst of, in the thick of, mid, over, surrounded by, throughout; concepts 586,820 Ant. away from, outside, separate … New thesaurus
amid — / amidst [prep] in middle of; among amongst, between, during, in the midst of, in the thick of, mid, over, surrounded by, throughout; concepts 586,820 Ant. away from, outside, separate … New thesaurus
amid — I amid, amidst (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) prep. among, midst, mid. See mixture. II (Roget s IV) prep. Syn. between, in the midst of, in the middle of; see among . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) prep. amidst, among … English dictionary for students
Amid — Amidst A*midst , Amid A*mid , prep. [OE. amidde, amiddes, on midden, AS. on middan, in the middle, fr. midde the middle. The s is an adverbial ending, originally marking the genitive; the t is a later addition, as in whilst, amongst, alongst. See … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Amidst — A*midst , Amid A*mid , prep. [OE. amidde, amiddes, on midden, AS. on middan, in the middle, fr. midde the middle. The s is an adverbial ending, originally marking the genitive; the t is a later addition, as in whilst, amongst, alongst. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
amidst — (prep.) a variant of AMID (Cf. amid) (q.v.) with adverbial genitive s and parasitic t. Amidde became amyddes (13c.) and acquired a t by 1560s, probably by association with superlatives in st. There is a tendency to use amidst more distributively… … Etymology dictionary
amid — (prep.) late 14c., from amidde (c.1200), from O.E. on middan in the middle, from dative singular of midde mid, middle (see MIDDLE (Cf. middle)); the phrase evidently was felt as in (the) middle and thus followed by a genitive case, and if this… … Etymology dictionary
amidst — amid [əˈmɪd] or amidst [əˈmɪdst] preposition 1) while something is happening or changing Banks and shops closed yesterday amid growing fears of violence.[/ex] 2) surrounded by things or people … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
