n.

1. The middle position or part; the center: in the midst of the desert.
2. A position of proximity to others: a stranger in our midst.
3. The condition of being surrounded or beset by something: in the midst of all of our problems.
4. A period of time approximately in the middle of a continuing condition or act: in the midst of the war.

prep.

Among; amid.

[Middle English middes, middest : alteration of Old English midde, middle.]

noun

1. A point or an area equidistant from all sides of something: center, median, middle, midpoint. See edge/center.
2. The most intensely active central part: eye, thick. See edge/center.

n

Definition: middle, core
Antonyms: exterior, exteriority, outside

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IN BRIEF: n. - The location of something surrounded by other things.

In the midst of darkness, light — unknown, Source: Ancient Nordic Spirituality

Tutor's tip: In the morning's "mist" (a haze or fog) the ship narrowly "missed" (to barely avoid) the other vessel in its "midst" (a position of proximity).

Dansk (Danish)
prep. - (midt) iblandt
n. - midte

idioms:

• in the midst of    i midten af, midt under

Nederlands (Dutch)
het midden

Français (French)
prep. - plein milieu
n. - au beau milieu de

idioms:

• in the midst of    en plein/en pleine

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mitte
prep. - inmitten

idioms:

• in the midst of    mitten in

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μέση, μέσο
prep. - στη μέση, ανάμεσα

idioms:

• in the midst of    μεσ' στη μέση του, καταμεσής του

Italiano (Italian)
mezzo

idioms:

• in the midst of    nel mezzo di

Português (Portuguese)
n. - meio (m)
prep. - entre

idioms:

• in the midst of    no meio de

Русский (Russian)
середина

idioms:

• in the midst of    в разгар чего-л.

Español (Spanish)
prep. - entre, en medio de, en pleno
n. - centro, medio

idioms:

• in the midst of    en el medio de

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mitt
prep. - mitt i

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
在...中间, 中间

idioms:

• in the midst of    在...中间, 正当...的时候

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
prep. - 在...中間
n. - 中間

idioms:

• in the midst of    在...中間, 正當...的時候

한국어 (Korean)
prep. - 가운데의
n. - 정 중앙

idioms:

• in the midst of    ~가운데에

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 中央, 真ん中

idioms:

• in the midst of    中に, 中で, 最中に

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وسط, غمرة (حرف جر) بين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
prep. - ‮בתוך, באמצע‬
n. - ‮אמצע‬

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