language note: The form amidst is also used, but is more literary.
1. preposition
If something happens amid noises or events of some kind, it happens while the other things are happening.
A senior leader cancelled a trip to Britain yesterday amid growing signs of a possiblepolitical crisis.
Children were changing classrooms amid laughter and shouts.
Synonyms: during, among, at a time of, in an atmosphere of More Synonyms of amid
2. preposition
If something is amid other things, it is surrounded by them.
[literary]
...a tiny bungalow amid clusters of trees.
Synonyms: in the middle of, among, surrounded by, amongst More Synonyms of amid
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amid in British English
(əˈmɪd) or amidst
preposition
in the middle of; among
Word origin
Old English on middan in the middle; see mid1
amid in American English
(əˈmɪd)
preposition
in the middle of; among
Word origin
ME amidde < on middan < on, at + middan, middle
Examples of 'amid' in a sentence
amid
Autumn stepped between the two men and looked through the gap Lonnie had made amid the shrubs.
Lawson, Jonell ROSES ARE FOR THE RICH (2001)
People who had seemed to be firm friends for life suddenly vanished into thin air amid fading echoes of farewell.
Loraine, Philip LAST SHOT (2001)
Her small eyes set amid the folds of her thin, leathery face were filled with distaste.
Jennifer Fallon HARSHINI (2001)
In other languages
amid
British English: amid PREPOSITION
If something happens amid noises or events of some kind, it happens while the other things are happening.
He finally appears amid much applause.
American English: amid
Brazilian Portuguese: em meio a
Chinese: 在…当中
European Spanish: en medio de
French: au milieu de
German: inmitten
Italian: tra
Japanese: ～の最中に
Korean: ~의 한가운데에
European Portuguese: no meio de
Latin American Spanish: en medio de
1 (preposition)
Definition
in the middle of
She cancelled a foreign trip amid growing concerns of a domestic crisis.