Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
among .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- preposition Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at
amidst .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word amongst.
Examples
-
The world owes a very large part of its sufferings to tyrants; but what tyrant was there amongst the ancients, whom the poets did not place _amongst the gods_?
-
I don't know about her, but for me it was an instant green light when they mentioned her name amongst others.
Mike Ragogna: Let Them Talk: Chatting With House's Hugh Laurie, Dar Williams and The Axis of Awesome, Plus Cal Ecker's "Time After Time" Premiere Mike Ragogna 2011
-
I don't know about her, but for me it was an instant green light when they mentioned her name amongst others.
Mike Ragogna: Let Them Talk: Chatting With House's Hugh Laurie, Dar Williams and The Axis of Awesome, Plus Cal Ecker's "Time After Time" Premiere Mike Ragogna 2011
-
And there seem to be high hopes for the title amongst gamers.
'TS3' video game trailer Mike 2010
-
And there seem to be high hopes for the title amongst gamers.
Archive 2010-04-01 Mike 2010
-
The last of their thirteen toasts prayed that “the United States, cemented by the New Constitution,” would “rise beautiful as a Phoenix from the ashes of contempt,” and that “Commerce, in all its branches, flourish unrestricted under its auspices, as long as America has a name amongst the nations.”
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
-
The last of their thirteen toasts prayed that “the United States, cemented by the New Constitution,” would “rise beautiful as a Phoenix from the ashes of contempt,” and that “Commerce, in all its branches, flourish unrestricted under its auspices, as long as America has a name amongst the nations.”
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
-
The last of their thirteen toasts prayed that “the United States, cemented by the New Constitution,” would “rise beautiful as a Phoenix from the ashes of contempt,” and that “Commerce, in all its branches, flourish unrestricted under its auspices, as long as America has a name amongst the nations.”
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
-
But then, I found that when the first few chords would strike, I wouldn't skip ahead... until I was actively searching for the title amongst thousands, and repeating it over and over again.
Archive 2005-11-01 Michelle Collins 2005
-
But then, I found that when the first few chords would strike, I wouldn't skip ahead... until I was actively searching for the title amongst thousands, and repeating it over and over again.
You Know How Easy It Is To Hurt Me Michelle Collins 2005
sonofgroucho commented on the word amongst
"Brother word" of amidst.
October 1, 2007
uselessness commented on the word amongst
See discussion here.
October 2, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word amongst
I think it's a relation of betwixt, too!
October 11, 2007