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Webster 1913 Edition
Amid
A-mid′
,p
rep.
See
Amidst
. {
A-midst′
,A-mid′
, }p
rep.
[OE.
amidde
, amiddes
, on midden
, AS. on middan
, in the middle, fr. midde
the middle. The s is an adverbial ending, originally marking the genitive; the t is a later addition, as in whilst
, amongst
, alongst
. See Mid
.] In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
“This fair tree amidst the garden.” “Unseen amid the throng.” “Amidst thick clouds.” Milton.
“Amidst acclamations.” “Amidst the splendor and festivity of a court.” Macaulay.
But rather famish them
amid
their plenty. Shakespeare
The seraph Abdiel, faithful found;
Among
the faithless faithful only he, From
amidst
them forth he passed, Those squalid cabins and uncleared woods
amidst
which he was born. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Amid
AMID'
Definition 2024
Amid
Amid
amid
amid
See also: Amid
English
Alternative forms
Preposition
amid
- Surrounded by; in the middle of; in the center of.
Synonyms
Translations
surrounded by
See also
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
ami + -d (“possessive suffix”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒmid]
- Hyphenation: amid
Pronoun
amid
- second-person singular (single possession) possessive of ami
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | amid | — |
| accusative | amidet | — |
| dative | amidnek | — |
| instrumental | amiddel | — |
| causal-final | amidért | — |
| translative | amiddé | — |
| terminative | amidig | — |
| essive-formal | amidként | — |
| essive-modal | amidül | — |
| inessive | amidben | — |
| superessive | amiden | — |
| adessive | amidnél | — |
| illative | amidbe | — |
| sublative | amidre | — |
| allative | amidhez | — |
| elative | amidből | — |
| delative | amidről | — |
| ablative | amidtől | — |