Thesaurus: midst
The interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest.
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Definitions
- n. The interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest.
- n. Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs.
- prep. In the midst of; amidst.
- adv. In the middle.
- n. the location of something surrounded by other things
- In the midst of; amidst. Shak.
- n:100 n. the location of something surrounded by other things