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midst

midst

278 3.7
The middle of a group or place surrounded by others
  • noun
  • /mɪdst/
translation icon : en medio
  • He understands that we are in the midst of an unprecedented crisis.
  • live in the midst of
  • in the midst of a crisis
  • in the midst of terror

It uses hash functions in the midst of the Bitcoin address.

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Examples

  • We're now in the midst of shooting our fourth season.

    The Financial Diet

  • In both 1992 and 2008, Democrats won the presidency in the midst of economic turmoil.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Baby, We are in the midst of spring.

    Theo Von

  • You are in the midst of life.

    Lost Horizon (1973)

  • And that we are in the midst of crisis is not well understood.

  • So we really are in the midst of a renaissance again.

    StarTalk

  • It's hard to have clear thoughts in the midst of extreme pain and suffering.

  • Can you sense our guests here in our midst silently waiting to be introduced?

  • The Canadian economy is currently in the midst of a period of unparalleled economic change.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The children played joyfully in the garden, completely unaware that their parents were in the midst of a serious discussion.

Idioms

in the midst
218 3.6

In the middle of something, often among other people or things

Surface Forms

midst singular
midsts plural

Morphology

midst = mid (semi-transparent) = mid + st

Formed from 'mid' plus the fossilized suffix '-st'; the relation to 'mid'/'middle' is clear but the noun is somewhat archaic and idiomatic.

Etymology

The word midst comes from the old word mid, which means 'middle' and you see it in midday and midnight. So to be in the midst of something is to be in its middle, surrounded by people or things.