in the midst of

See also: in one's midst

English

Etymology

From Middle English in the myddis of.

Preposition

in the midst of

1. In the middle of; amidst, amongst.
   • 1952 July, A. W. V. Mace, “The Ashford, Canterbury, and Ramsgate Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 437:

     To the West Station is less than a mile. The line runs first past water-meadows, with another fine view of the Cathedral, then under a bridge, and finally over a level crossing set in the midst of one of the main streets.

   • 2010 March 14, Paul Harris, “Carlos Slim: The world's wealthiest man”, in The Observer:

     He has been the master of the fire sale, swooping in to snap up bargains in the midst of panics and sell-offs.

   • 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The pace of e-commerce was flying, and Magna Park 1 opened in the midst of a spell in which, between 2006 and 2016, the share of John Lewis deliveries going direct to customers rose 12-fold.

Translations

in the middle of; amidst, amongst

• Arabic: بَيْن (ar) (bayn)

  Egyptian Arabic: بين (ben)

• Finnish: keskellä (fi)
• French: au sein de (fr)
• German: in Mitten von, in der Mitte von
• Polish: w środku (pl)