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adj
Lying between; neither one thing nor the other; intermediary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An interval or intervening time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: interim
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noun
One who intervenes.
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noun
Synonym of inbetweener (“a person who or thing that falls between different groups or characteristics”).
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adjective satellite
being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: mediate, middle
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English between English in-between From in- + between.
Across languages
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