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a·midst

(ə-mĭdst′)
prep.
Variant of amid.
[Middle English amiddes : amidde; see amid + -es, adverbial suffix; see -s3.]
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a•mid

(əˈmɪd)

also amidst



prep.
1. in the middle of; surrounded by; among.
2. in or throughout the course of; during.
[before 1000; Middle English amidde, Old English amiddan, for on middan in (the) middle. See a-1, mid 1]
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Translations
وَسْط، بَيْن
á meîal, innan um
starpvidū

amidst

[əˈmɪdst] PREP (frm) → en medio de, entre
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amidst

[əˈmɪdst] prep = amid amino acid [əˈmiːnəʊ] n → acide m aminé
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amid,

amidst

(əˈmid(st)) preposition
in the middle of; among. Amid all the confusion, the real point of the meeting was lost; amidst the shadows. tussen, by, in وَسْط، بَيْن сред no meio de v, uprostřed, mezi mitten midt i; blandt στο μέσο, ανάμεσα en medio de, entre keskel, sees, hulgas; ümbritsetud در میان keskellä dans; parmi בין, בקרב बीच में ही usred között di tengah á meðal, innan um in mezzo a; tra 〜のまっただ中に ...이 한창일 때 tarp starp; vidū ditengah te midden van midt i, blant; under wśród, pomiędzy په منځ کی no meio de în mijlocul; printre среди; между uprostred, medzi sredi; med među mitt i, mitt ibland ท่ามกลาง arasında, ortasında 在...中 серед, між درمیان میں ở giữa 在...中
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