adv
Meaning 1
Along with (someone or something); together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Standard Lemma guide
among
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈmʌŋ/
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/əˈmɜŋ/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, fronting
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/əˈmɘ̞ŋ/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, fronting
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Ireland, Northern-England: /əˈmʊŋ/ without the foot-strut split
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Australian, New-Zealand: /əˈmɐ̞ŋ/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /əˈmäŋ/
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rhymes with -ʌŋ
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 M AH1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
At the same time, all the while, meanwhile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adv
Meaning 3
In addition, beside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adv
Meaning 4
Chiefly with contrasting adjectives or adverbs: from time to time, now and then; also, here and there.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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prep
Meaning 5
Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- to put the cat among the pigeons
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prep
Meaning 6
Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).
Associated with or living alongside (other people or things).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- How can you speak with authority about their customs when you have never lived among them?
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prep
Meaning 7
Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).
Belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He is among the few who completely understand the subject.
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prep
Meaning 8
Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).
Distinct in some way from (other members of a group); specifically, superior or pre-eminent compared to (other members of a group).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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prep
Meaning 9
Of an event or a fact.
Originally, in the course of; during; now, in the circumstances or context of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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prep
Meaning 10
Of an event or a fact.
Distributed or divided between (members of a group).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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prep
Meaning 11
Of an event or a fact.
Done jointly by (two or more people).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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prep
Meaning 12
Of an event or a fact.
In the general custom or opinion of (members of a group).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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prep
Meaning 13
Of an event or a fact.
Occurring between (members of a group) or within (a group).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Lactose intolerance is common among people of Asian heritage.
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Old English mang Old English ġemang Old English onġemang Old English amang Middle English among English among The preposition is derived from Middle English among, amang, amange, amonge (“in the presence of, amid, among; in, within; between; during”), from Old English amang, onġemang (preposition), from on (“on, among, in”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h2en- (“on, onto”)) + ġemang (“crowd; mixture”, noun) (from ġe- (prefix forming nouns denoting association or similarity) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”)) + mang- (from mængan, mengan (“to mingle, mix”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to knead; to press”))). By surface analysis, a- (prefix meaning ‘at; in; on’) + mong (“crowd, throng; group”). The adverb is derived from Middle English among, amang (“accompanied by, along with, by the side of, in association with, together; all the while, continually; also, besides; at the same time; from time to time, occasionally; meanwhile; within”), from Old English onġemang (adverb): see further above. cognates * Dutch mank, maank (“among”) * German mang (“among”) (dialectal) * German Low German mank, manken (“among”) * Saterland Frisian monk, monken (“among”) * West Frisian mank (“among”)
Across languages
Translations
131 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: tussen — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Arabic: بَيْنَ (bayna) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Arabic: بين (bēn) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Arabic: بين (bēn) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Armenian: մեջ (meǰ) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Armenian: միջեւ (miǰew) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Asturian: ente — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Azerbaijani: arasında — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Belarusian: сяро́д (sjaród) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Belarusian: памі́ж (pamíž) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Bengali: মাঝে (majhe) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Bulgarian: сред (sred) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Bulgarian: между́ (meždú) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Catalan: entre — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Chinese Mandarin: 其中 (qízhōng) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Chinese Mandarin: 之間 /之间 (zhījiān) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Czech: mezi — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Danish: mellem — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Danish: blandt — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Dutch: tussen — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Dutch: onder — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Egyptian: m-m — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Egyptian: Z11-m-Z4: -t:W (jmjtw) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Esperanto: inter — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Finnish: joukossa — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Finnish: keskellä — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Finnish: seassa — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- French: parmi — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Middle French: parmy — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Middle French: emmy — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Georgian: შორის (šoris) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- German: unter — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- German: zwischen — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌽 (in) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Greek: ανάμεσα (anámesa) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Haitian Creole: pami — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Hebrew: בְּתוֹךְ (b'tokh) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Hindi: के बीच में (ke bīc mẽ) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Hindi: में (mẽ) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Hungarian: között — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Icelandic: meðal — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Ido: inter — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Indonesian: antara — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Indonesian: di antara — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Indonesian: dalam — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Indonesian: di tengah — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Irish: i measc — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Old Irish: eter — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Italian: tra — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Italian: fra — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Italian: in mezzo a — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Japanese: 中 (naka) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Japanese: 間 (aida) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Judeo-Italian: אֵינְפֵֿירַה — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Khmer: នៅក្នុង (nɨv knoŋ) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Khmer: នៅក្នុងចំណោម (nɨv knoŋ cɑmnaom) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Korean: 가운데에 (gaunde-e) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Korean: 속에 (sog-e) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Central Kurdish: نێوان (nêwan) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Latin: inter — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Latvian: starp — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Latvian: vidū — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Low German: mang — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Low German: mank — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Macedonian: меѓу (meǵu) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Macedonian: помеѓу (pomeǵu) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Malay: dalam kalangan — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Malayalam: ഇടയ്ക്ക് (iṭaykkŭ) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Malayalam: ഇടയിൽ (iṭayil) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Maltese: fost — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Mongolian: дунд (dund) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Mongolian: дотор (dotor) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Navajo: atah — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Norman: parmi — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Norwegian: blant — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Norwegian: mellom — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Old English: mid — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Old English: betweox — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Old English: betweoh — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Old English: under — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Old Saxon: gimang — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Old Saxon: an gimang — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Persian: در میان (dar miyân-e) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Polish: wśród — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Polish: pośród — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Polish: między — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Polish: pomiędzy — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Portuguese: entre — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Romanian: între — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Romanian: printre — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Russian: среди́ (sredí) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Russian: средь (sredʹ) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Russian: ме́жду (méždu) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Scots: amang — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Serbo-Croatian: међу — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Serbo-Croatian: među — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Slovak: medzi — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Slovene: med — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Spanish: entre — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Swahili: miongoni mwa — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Swedish: bland — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Thai: ท่ามกลาง (tâam-glaang) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Ukrainian: сере́д (seréd) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Ukrainian: між (miž) — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Vietnamese: trong số — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Zazaki: myan — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Zazaki: nabên — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Zazaki: mabên — of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things)
- Finnish: joukossa — associated with or living alongside (other people or things)
- Finnish: keskellä — associated with or living alongside (other people or things)
- Finnish: keskuudessa — associated with or living alongside (other people or things)
- Arabic: مِنْ (min) — belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things)
- Dutch: onder — belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things)
- Finnish: joukossa — belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things)
- Finnish: kuulua — belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things)
- German: unter — belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things)
- Hungarian: között — belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things)
- Icelandic: meðal — belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things)
- Irish: i measc — belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things)
- Old Irish: eter — belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things)
- Malayalam: കൂട്ടത്തിൽ (kūṭṭattil) — belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things)
- Malayalam: ഇടയിൽ (iṭayil) — belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things)
- Zazaki: het (diq) — belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things)
- Finnish: joukossa — distinct in some way from (other members of a group)
- Finnish: joukossa — superior or pre-eminent compared to (other members of a group)
- Finnish: yhteydessä — in the circumstances or context of
- Finnish: kesken — distributed or divided between (members of a group)
- Finnish: yhdessä — done jointly by (two or more people)
- Finnish: kesken — in the general custom or opinion of (members of a group)
- Finnish: kesken — occurring between (members of a group) or within (a group)
- Finnish: joukossa — occurring between (members of a group) or within (a group)
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