amid

prepmiddle

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preposition. concurrently with an activity, event

Word Origin & History

late 14c., from amidde (c.1200), from Old English on middan "in the middle," from dative singular of midde "mid, middle" (see middle); the phrase evidently was felt as "in (the) middle" and thus followed by a genitive case, and if this had endured we would follow it today with of. (See amidst for further evolution along this line).

The same applies to equivalents in Latin (in medio) and Greek (en meso), both originally adjective phrases which evolved to take the genitive case. But in later Old English on middan also was treated as a preposition and followed by dative. Used in compounds from early 13c. (e.g. amidships, attested from 1690s and retaining the genitive, as the compounds usually did in early Middle English, suggesting this one is considerably older than the written record of it.)

Example Sentences for amid

On a rock, amid the roaring water, Lies Cassiopea's gentle daughter.

And then, amid his lore of wretchedness he hid his face and wept.

Do you observe this red glow,—dusky, too, amid all the brightness?

"Stand to it, Aylward," cried the archers, amid a fresh burst of laughter.

Amid the din and dust little but destruction can be discerned.

Then he delineated a long and painful path, amid rocks and water-courses.

There was nothing and no one in sight yet amid the woodland shadows.

Forward went the cars, amid the crash of the band and the cheers of the crowd.

And he had never lost the sense of it amid the dust of his worldly knowledge.

I seem to be aware of a large, swarming vision, amid which I have lived.

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