Expressing the location of one or more things or people relative to several others: in the assemblage of; surrounded by and grouped with. Followed…
| 单词 | θ102942 |
| 释义 | the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > position of being among > among [preposition] (11) amongeOE Expressing the location of one or more things or people relative to several others: in the assemblage of; surrounded by and grouped with. Followed… amidOE In the midst of; in the interior or central part of (something), as opposed to being at or near the edge. With plural object. Surrounded by… amongst1258 Followed by a plural noun: in the assemblage of; surrounded by and grouped with; = among, prep. 1a. in (the) mids (of)a1382 The middle, the middle part or point; the midst. Chiefly in in (the) mids (of). Now Scottish. in the middle ofc1384 The position of being among or surrounded by a group of people, of being within a town, etc.; cf. midst, n. 2. Chiefly in in the middle of, in the… amella1400 Between; amid, among. amidmonga1500 In the midst of. in the midst of1535 A position or region surrounded or enveloped by something, or a number of things or people. Chiefly in in the midst of (formerly also †among the mid… in midst (of)a1556 Without article: in midst (of). Now rare (chiefly poetic in later use). Subcategories:— among the separate components of (2) |
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