Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • preposition In the midst of; surrounded by.
  • preposition In the group, number, or class of.
  • preposition In the company of; in association with.
  • preposition By many or the entire number of; with many.
  • preposition By the joint action of.
  • preposition With portions to each of.
  • preposition With or against one another.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In or into the midst of; in association or connection with: as, he fell among thieves; one among this people.
  • In the number of; of or out of.
  • By the joint action or consent of; with the common aid or knowledge of: as, settle it among yourselves; the mischief was done among you.
  • To each of; by or for distribution to: as, he gave five dollars to be divided among them.
  • In (the circumstances of; during the time or term of; in the course of.
  • Together (with something).
  • At intervals; here and there.
  • Between whiles; at intervals; from time to time; now and then.
  • During the time; meanwhile.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • preposition Mixed or mingled; surrounded by.
  • preposition Conjoined, or associated with, or making part of the number of; in the number or class of.
  • preposition Expressing a relation of dispersion, distribution, etc.; also, a relation of reciprocal action.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • preposition Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst)
  • preposition Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.
  • preposition Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Old English āmang : ā, in; see a– + gemang, throng; see mag- in Indo-European roots.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Old English onġemang.

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Examples

  • The younger men among the leading city families furnished most of the captains for the city regiments, —among them being Henry S. Livingston, Abraham Van Wyck, John Berrian, John J. Roosevelt, and others.

    X. The Revolutionary War. 1775-1783. 1906

  • “_And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles_, _in the midst of many people as a_ LION _among the beasts of the forest_, _as a_ YOUNG LION _among the flocks of sheep_: _who_, _if he go through_,

    The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 Joseph Wild

  • Peter de Jager, coauthor with Richard Burgeon of Managing 00, helped popularize the term among the netties, as did Dan Rather of the broadcast network netties.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Peter de Jager, coauthor with Richard Burgeon of Managing 00, helped popularize the term among the netties, as did Dan Rather of the broadcast network netties.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Peter de Jager, coauthor with Richard Burgeon of Managing 00, helped popularize the term among the netties, as did Dan Rather of the broadcast network netties.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Peter de Jager, coauthor with Richard Burgeon of Managing 00, helped popularize the term among the netties, as did Dan Rather of the broadcast network netties.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • The music genre known as Americana, with roots in early folk and country music, has been popular in certain circles for years, but gained enough widespread attention recently to place the term among other new dictionary entries.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Seeing your name among the top scorers is brilliant, especially when I think of what I used to do and where I have come from to get where I am.

    DJ Campbell dreams of England future after driving away the demons 2011

  • It also prefers large cities over rural or marshy areas—thus earning the nickname among entomologists as "the urban mosquito."

    Attack of the Urban Mosquitoes Aatekah Mir 2011

  • On a recent Tuesday evening, the students of Emerson Social Media—or #ESM, as the students refer to it on Twitter and elsewhere online—settled on the concept of a Twitter-based scavenger hunt to help spread the word among Boston's college population about Sprint.

    Here, Tweeting Is a Class Requirement Katherine Rosman 2011

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