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1. between two or more people or things
▷ between /bɪˈtwiːn/ [preposition/adverb]
if someone or something is between two or more people or things, the people or things are on either side of it :
▪ The ball rolled between the goalkeeper’s legs.
▪ I had to sit between my two little brothers at dinner.
▪ The house is somewhere between here and the airport.
▪ Between the trees and the river, the slope was covered with beautiful daffodils.
halfway between
▪ Barnegat Books is situated on Eleventh Street, about halfway between Broadway and University Place.
▷ in between /ɪn bɪˈtwiːn/ [preposition/adverb]
in the space that separates two or more things or people :
▪ She found a small pool in between the rocks.
▪ Why don’t you put the television in between the bookcase and the window?
▪ Rachel got in between Rob and Chris for a better view.
▪ The farmer knocked off the lumps of earth in between the blades of his plough.
▷ among /əˈmʌŋ/ [preposition]
in a group of people or things that are all around you :
▪ I saw him standing among a group of students.
▪ The house was hidden among the trees.
▪ We helped Mom search for her wedding ring among the rocks below the boardwalk.
▷ in the middle /ɪn ðə ˈmɪdl/ [adverb]
if someone or something is in the middle, they are in the centre of a group or row with one or more people or things on either side of them :
▪ Cindy and Marcia sat at either end of the sofa with me in the middle.
▪ Here’s a photo of my brother’s baseball team -- that’s Sean in the middle.
in the middle of
▪ Just over the hill we saw a pond in the middle of the pines.
▷ be sandwiched between /biː ˈsænwɪdʒd bɪˌtwiːnǁ-ˈsændwɪtʃt-/ [verb phrase]
to be between two people or things that are so close that there is not enough space to move :
▪ I spent a very uncomfortable evening at the concert sandwiched between two very large ladies.
▪ Alan got back to the parking lot only to find his car sandwiched between a pick- up and a big truck.