in-between
- adjective
- /ˌɪn bɪˈtwin/
- Yeah, I think it's somewhere in between those two things.
- an in-between position
- an in-between space
- in-between people
I just think that the balance may be somewhere in between them still.
- I just think that the balance may be somewhere in between them still.
- Yeah, I think it's somewhere in between those two things.
Examples
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I just think that the balance may be somewhere in between them still.
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We're somewhere in between God and nothingness.
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But rich, poor, or in between, we are all poor in spirit.
Fiction book (1995) -
I'm actually in between jobs right now.
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Domino: There are 3 kinds of people in this world... the rich, the poor, and everyone in between.
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Often, however, the hometown historian fits somewhere in between these two extremes.
Academic text (1993) -
Trees can communicate with bushes, bushes with grass and everything in between.
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You just tell her you're a high-end chef that's in between gigs.
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An IV pole rattled as she squeezed past Angela and in between the crowded isolettes.
Fiction book (1995) -
The temperature today is in the in-between, not too hot and not too cold.
Synonyms
Near the center of something
In the middle between two places or times
In the middle between two skill levels, not beginner or advanced
Halfway between two places or times
In the time separating two events
Antonyms
How Middle
Surface Forms
Morphology
in-between = (transparent) = in + between
The adjective directly lexicalizes the phrase 'in between' and its meaning of being in an intermediate position is readily inferable. [Postprocessing: moved 'in', 'between' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
The word in-between is made of the simple parts in ('inside') and between ('in the middle of two things'). So when something is in-between, it is 'in the middle' of two extremes, stages, or choices, not at either end.