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Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).
- to put the cat among the pigeons
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Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).; Associated with or living alongside (other people or things).
- How can you speak with authority about their customs when you have never lived among them?
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Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).; Belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things).
- He is among the few who completely understand the subject.
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Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).; Distinct in some way from (other members of a group); specifically, superior or pre-eminent compared to (other members of a group).
- When the history of this Nation, and our great State is written, it shall be recorded that John Dent was a giant among men, a humanitarian, and most of all, a man dedicated not only to the people who elected him, but a man dedicated to the
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Of an event or a fact.; Originally, in the course of; during; now, in the circumstances or context of.
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Of an event or a fact.; Distributed or divided between (members of a group).
- And if you come hether, / When Damſines [damsons] I gether, / I will part them all you among.
- There is a lad here, which hath fiue barley loaues, and two ſmall fiſhes: but what are they among ſo many?
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Of an event or a fact.; Done jointly by (two or more people).
- [Y]ou haue among you, kild a ſvveet and innocent lady: […]
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Of an event or a fact.; In the general custom or opinion of (members of a group).
- Foraſmuch as many haue taken in hande to ſet foorth in order a declaration of thoſe things which are moſt ſurely beeleued among vs, […] It ſeemed good to me alſo, hauing had perfect vnderſtanding of things from the very firſt, to write vnto
- Such is the variety of opinions which are here entertained of me, so that I pass among some for a disaffected person, and among others for a popish priest; among some for a wizard, and among others for a murderer; and all this for no other
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Of an event or a fact.; Occurring between (members of a group) or within (a group).
- Lactose intolerance is common among people of Asian heritage.
syn. amid · amidst · amongst