midst
11midst — [n] middle, core betwixt and between*, bosom, center, deep, depths, halfway, heart, hub, interior, mean, medium, midpoint, nucleus, thick; concept 830 Ant. exterior, exteriority, outside …
12midst — [[t]mɪ̱dst[/t]] 1) PHR PREP: usu v link PREP ing/n If you are in the midst of doing something, you are doing it at the moment. Congress is in the midst of rewriting the nation s banking laws... We are in the midst of one of the worst recessions… …
13midst — midst1 /midst/, n. 1. the position of anything surrounded by other things or parts, or occurring in the middle of a period of time, course of action, etc. (usually prec. by the): a familiar face in the midst of the crowd; in the midst of the… …
14midst — midst1 [mıdst] n [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: mids middle (13 19 centuries), from Old English midde ( MID )] 1.) in the midst of sth a) if you are in the midst of an event or situation, it is happening around you ▪ The government is in the midst of… …
15midst — noun Etymology: Middle English middest, alteration of middes, short for amiddes amid Date: 15th century 1. the interior or central part or point ; middle < in the midst of the forest > 2. a position of proximity to the members of a group < a… …
16midst — 1 noun 1 in the midst of a) in the middle of a period, situation, or event: in the midst of the Cold War b) in the middle of a place or a group of things 2 in our/their midst formal in a particular group: We have a traitor in our midst. 2… …
17midst */ — UK [mɪdst] / US noun [uncountable] in our/their/your midst formal if someone is in your midst, they are with you as part of your group Nobody recognized the stranger in their midst. in the midst of something …
18midst — I [[t]mɪdst[/t]] n. 1) the position of anything surrounded by or among other things or parts (usu. prec. by the): in the midst of the crowd[/ex] 2) the position of something occurring in the middle of or during a period of time, course of action …
19midst — I. /mɪdst / (say midst) noun 1. the position of anything surrounded by other things or parts, or occurring in the middle of a period of time, course of action, etc. 2. the middle point, part, or stage. –phrase 3. in our (your, their) midst, in… …
20midst — noun, literary in the midst of the confusion, one strong and sturdy voice broke through and was heard in our midst Syn: middle, center, heart, core, midpoint, kernel, nub; depth(s), thick; (in the midst of) in the course of, halfway through …
