midst — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location.

   Usage

   • Literary
   • often

   Synonyms

   centrecentermiddle

   Examples

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   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.

   At dawn, in the midst of a mist that is both literal and the unformed shifting of thought, he encounters a young fox pup playfully shaking a bone.

   As he said in "I Have a Dream," the Negro "lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity."

Preposition

1. Among, in the middle of; amidst.

   Usage

   • Rare

   Synonyms

   amidst

   Examples

   Mildred comes home from work early only to discover her husband, Robert, midst of a lewd affair with their neighbor, Gladys.

   She puts the period often from his place ; And 'midst the sentence so her accent breaks

Noun

1. the location of something surrounded by other things

   Synonyms

   thick

   Broader terms

   insideinterior

   Examples

   in the midst of the crowd