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midst

1  [midst]
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–noun
1. the position of anything surrounded by other things or parts, or occurring in the middle of a period of time, course of action, etc. (usually prec. by the): a familiar face in the midst of the crowd; in the midst of the performance.
2. the middle point, part, or stage (usually prec. by the): We arrived in the midst of a storm.
—Idiom
3. in our, your, or their midst, in the midst of or among us (you, them): To think there was a spy in our midst!
Origin:
1350–1400; ME, equiv. to middes (aph. var. of amiddes amidst ) + excrescent -t

Synonyms:
1, 2. thick, core, heart. See middle.

Antonyms:
1, 2. edge, periphery.

midst

2  [midst]
–preposition
amidst.
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midst   (mĭdst, mĭtst)   
n.  

  1. The middle position or part; the center: in the midst of the desert.

  2. A position of proximity to others: a stranger in our midst.

  3. The condition of being surrounded or beset by something: in the midst of all of our problems.

  4. A period of time approximately in the middle of a continuing condition or act: in the midst of the war.

prep.  Among; amid.

[Middle English middes, middest : alteration of Old English midde, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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