amidst
Meaning
In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
Synonyms
in the middle
in the presence of
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aˈmɪdst/
Etymology
In summary
From amids + -t (excrescent), from amid + -s (genitive). By surface analysis, amid + -st (excrescent). Root amid from Middle English amidde, amiddes, on midden, from Old English on middan (“in the middle”), from midd (“central”) (English mid).
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