amid
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 4
/əˈmɪd/
Definition of amid
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
prep
-
In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.
“The resulting social divisions can seem so "real" and "natural" to those living amid them that there is a strong tendency to believe that they are timeless biological or scientific facts, rather than social facts that have been assembled and built up through human effort.”
“Amid all the fevered anticipation of this fixture, few would have expected to witness an aesthetically pleasing example of the beautiful game.”
“In Osaka, the big action scenes take place with arrows as well as swords, amid glass display cases holding samurai costumes, a classic Wick setting.”
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prep
-
In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.
“The resulting social divisions can seem so "real" and "natural" to those living amid them that there is a strong tendency to believe that they are timeless biological or scientific facts, rather than social facts that have been assembled and built up through human effort.”
“Amid all the fevered anticipation of this fixture, few would have expected to witness an aesthetically pleasing example of the beautiful game.”
“In Osaka, the big action scenes take place with arrows as well as swords, amid glass display cases holding samurai costumes, a classic Wick setting.”
noun
- (alt-of, archaic)Archaic form of amide.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English amidde, Old English on middan, a- + mid.
Words you can make from amid
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