among
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1.0
- adposition
- /əˈmʌŋ/
:
entre
- The prize money will be distributed equally among the three winners.
The Israeli society is divided among two schools.
- The Israeli society is divided among two schools.
- First question is, is there a common theme among serial killers upon reading?
- And this causes huge distress among Muslims and the Shia.
- The plague is terrible among the cattle, and getting worse.
- It's one of the common roblems among so many people is that I really don't.
Examples
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We share the gas expenses equally among the five of us.
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Divide the chips among the players.
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And I will say, among other things, please read this.
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And very few companies, Apple among them, can can do that.
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We'll talk about it, among other things like hard news.
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Was that among the items that were sent to you?
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There was no process to rotate jobs among members of the group.
Academic text (2011) -
For once, they did not shout but instead spoke among themselves in low voices, shaking their heads.
Fiction book (1990) -
The spoils of the hunt were divided equally among everyone, and everyone shared in the work.
Fiction book (1992) -
It was a surprisingly popular service among the local vendors.
Idioms
- Formal
2
7.3
The most important person in a group of people who have the same position
To say or do something that causes strong reactions and confusion among people
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Among also grew from the idea of being 'in the mix' of a group, the same idea behind mingle or mix. So, we use among when something is shared or divided inside a group of people.