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midst meaning

EN[mɪdst] [mɪtst] [-ɪdst]
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    Definition of midst in English Dictionary

  • NounPREmid-
    1. (often literary) A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location.
      1. Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.
  • Preposition
    1. (rare) Among, in the middle of; amid.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • It suffered the fate of all unsectarianism, and made him to be as one man in the midst of foes.
        • He has been the master of the fire sale, swooping in to snap up bargains in the midst of panics and sell-offs.
        • In the midst of caresses, and without the last pretend incitement, to sputter out the basest accusations. -Swift.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Nouns
        • Singularia tantum
          • Uncountable nouns
        • Prepositions
        Related Links:
        1. en midsts
        2. en midstep
        3. en midstage
        4. en midstorm
        5. en midstory
        Source: Wiktionary

        Meaning of midst for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "midst" is a noun, more specifically, a singularia tantum. It's also a preposition.
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