MIDST


Meaning of MIDST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mɪdst ]

1.

If you are in the midst of doing something, you are doing it at the moment.

We are in the midst of one of the worst recessions for many, many years.

PREP-PHRASE : usu v-link PREP -ing / n

2.

If something happens in the midst of an event, it happens during it.

Eleanor arrived in the midst of a blizzard.

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3.

If someone or something is in the midst of a group of people or things, they are among them or surrounded by them.

Many were surprised to see him exposed like this in the midst of a large crowd...

= amid, among

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4.

You say that someone is in your midst when you are drawing attention to the fact that they are in your group. ( FORMAL )

We’re lucky to have such a man in our midst.

PHRASE : v-link PHR

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