amongst
prepCA, US, UK /əˈmʌŋst/ · /əˈmɜŋst/
Etymology From amongs + -t (excrescent), from among + -s (genitive). By surface analysis, among + -st (excrescent). Root among from Old English ongemang, from on (“in”) + gemang (“assemblage, mingling”).
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Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at amidst.
- Janek feels very at ease amongst his friends, but gets incredibly nervous when meeting new people.
- And novv thee vvorſhip, mongſt that bleſſed throng / Of heauenlie Poets and Heroes ſtrong.[1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “The Ruines of Time”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC, signature C2, verso:
1 more example
- The smart little locomotives, mostly 0-6-0 saddletanks, which are always busy shunting traffic amongst the vast dockside warehouses, belong to the Manchester Ship Canal Railway, a line of considerable importance.1959 October, Norman Jones, “The Manchester Ship Canal Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 488:
- Synonyms
- among, amidst, amid, amongst, in, in the middle of, in the midst of, in the thick of
- Derived terms
- get amongst it, thereamongst, whereamongst
- Hypernyms
- together with, within