midst

[midst]

Midst describes something that's among, in the middle of, or surrounded by. After the school talent show, your principal said he didn't know there were so many gifted singers in our midst.

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The interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest.

Noun
the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd"


n.
The interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest.

n.
Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs.

prep.
In the midst of; amidst.

adv.
In the middle.


Midst

Midst , n. [From middest, in the middest, for older in middes, where -s is adverbial (orig. forming a genitive), or still older a midde, a midden, on midden. See Mid, and cf. Amidst.] 1. The interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest.
And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him.
There is nothing... in the midst [of the play] which might not have been placed in the beginning.
2. Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs. &hand; The expressions in our midst, in their midst, etc., are avoided by some good writers, the forms in the midst of us, in the midst of them, etc., being preferred. Syn. -- Midst, Middle. Midst in present usage commonly denotes a part or place surrounded on enveloped by or among other parts or objects (see Amidst); while middle is used of the center of length, or surface, or of a solid, etc. We say in the midst of a thicket; in the middle of a line, or the middle of a room; in the midst of darkness; in the middle of the night.

Midst

Midst, prep. In the midst of; amidst. Shak.

Midst

Midst, adv. In the middle. [R.] Milton.

The interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest.

In the midst of; amidst.

In the middle.

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Usage Examples

For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe.

Now we're in the midst of not just advocating for change, not just calling for change - we're doing the grinding, sometimes frustrating work of delivering change - inch by inch, day by day.

It is often when night looks darkest, it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum for change, when one feels that resurrection of hope in the midst of despair and apathy.

A man of courage flees forward, in the midst of new things.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.

How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.

If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you.

Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.

If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit.

He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace.

Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.

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