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Definitions: AMID |
AMIDPreposition1. In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among. 2. See Amidst. |
Date "AMID" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Hopelessness | Phrase: "lasciate ogni speranza voi ch'entrate"; its days are numbered; the worst come to the worst; "no change, no pause, no hope, yet I endure"; "O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon"; "mene mene tekel upharson". |
Interposition | Adverb: between, betwixt; twixt; among, amongst; amid, amidst; mid, midst; in the thick of; betwixt and between; sandwich-wise; parenthetically, obiter dictum. |
Mixture | Adverb: among, amongst, amid, amidst; with; in the midst of, in the crowd. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: AMID |
| English words defined with "AMID": Amidst ♦ erect ♦ Inter- ♦ upright ♦ vertical. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "AMID": Caledon ♦ Maro ♦ Obadiah, Orchard ♦ Poetic Terms ♦ William ♦ Zimri. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "AMID" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Hungarian (amide). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The flower that blooms amid adversity is the most rare and beautiful. (Mulan; writing credit: Robert D. San Souci; Rita Hsiao) | |
Lyrics | We'll murder them all amid laughter and merriment. (Poisoning Pigeons In The Park; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Closeup of an osprey nest built amid pound net posts.Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Dixon Bay, oiled hyacinths caught amid Phragmites australis.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | USS Benevolence (AH-13) moored amid the "Crossroads" target fleet, 13 July 1946. Ship at far left is USS Saratoga (CV-3). Closest ship in right background is either USS Pensacola (CA-24) or USS Salt Lake City (CA-25).Credit: NAVY. |  | Amid the ice at Thule, Greenland, during Operation "Blue Jay", 19 July 1951. USS LSM-397 is alongside.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Amid city bustle and skyscrapers woman at backyard fence of farm house is talking to another woman.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | St. Paul's Cathedral, London, amid smoke and flames of night air raid, Dec. 1940.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Composite photograph, (top) Allied war correspondent standing amid ruins of Museum of Science and Industry (now Genbaku Dome) in Hiroshima-shi, Japan, weeks after impact of atom bomb in 1945; (bottom) British demonstrators marching in neighborhood with si.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | S.S. Dakota, detail amid ships.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Entrance to trailer park amid the orange groves, McAllen, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Houseboat washed high and dry amid debris. Maunie, Illinois.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Emily Bronte | Vain are the thousand creeds that move men's hearts, unutterably vain; Worthless as withered weeds, or idlest froth amid the boundless main. |
Georg Hegel | Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help. |
John Bright | If mine were a solitary voice, raised amid the din or arms and the clamours of a venal press . . . |
Lucretius | From the heart of this fountain of delights wells up some bitter taste to choke them even amid the flowers. |
Mrs. Hemans | Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy. |
Publius Cornelius Tacitus | Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable. |
Robert Burns | I pick my favorite quotation and store them in my mind as ready armor, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence. |
Young | Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, "that my heart has bled." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | And here I speak particularly of the myriad cottage or apartment homes where the wage-earner strives amid the accidents and difficulties of life to guard his wife and children from privation and bring the family up in the fear of the Lord, or upon ethical conceptions which often play their potent part. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | It imparted to the wearer a kind of sacredness, which enabled her to walk securely amid all peril. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The first few days rolled by amid this bewilderment. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He felt his body small and weak amid the throng of players and his eyes were weak and watery. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The stabler of the iron horse was up early this winter morning by the light of the stars amid the mountains, to fodder and harness his steed. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Several companies even operate beneath 50% of their installed capacities amid the crisis. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Czech Republic | On January 11, the controversial general manager resigned amid widespread protests supporting the journalists. (references) |
Botswana | In 2000 the Government opened BTV amid skepticism from the public and some parliamentarians over delays and overspending. (references) | |
Paraguay | The case raised due process concerns amid allegations that the presiding judge refused to recuse himself despite conflicts of interest with both the plaintiffs and the accused. (references) | |
Economic History | Bahrain | The latest 2001-2002 budget was prepared amid very favorable oil prices. (references) |
Philippines | Initial optimism about prospects for economic reform also had dimmed amid concerns of governmental corruption. (references) | |
Moldova | The project is currently on hold amid contractual misunderstandings between the Moldovan government and Greek company. (references) | |
Political Economy | Kenya | The 1997 elections came amid significant popular demand for constitutional and other reforms. (references) |
Guinea | The ruling PUP and its allies won 32 of the 38 communes, amid opposition charges of electoral fraud and malfeasance. (references) | |
Morocco | The November 1997 parliamentary elections were held amid widespread, credible reports of vote-buying by political parties and the Government, and excessive government interference. (references) | |
Political Rights | Djibouti | The elections took place without international observers amid opposition claims of fraud. (references) |
Zimbabwe | General parliamentary elections were held in June 2000 amid widespread voter intimidation and violence by the Government and ZANU-PF supporters and reports of vote-rigging and other irregularities. (references) | |
Trade | Ukraine | Amid all this uncertainty, large companies are tending to remain very cautious until the GOU delivers a clear policy on the future of the free economic zones. (references) |
Worker Rights | Guyana | For example, efforts to negotiate a new contract between the Government and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) have been deadlocked amid allegations of bad faith that have distinct political and racial overtones. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | Amid the din of party strife the people's choice was made, but its attendant circumstances have demonstrated anew the strength and safety of a government by the people. |
Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | I would like to acclaim an era of good feeling amid dependable prosperity and all the blessings which attend. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | But across this nation, in a thousand neighborhoods, I had seen, even amid the pain and uncertainty of recession, the heart and character of America. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "AMID" is generally used as a preposition (except "of") -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "AMID" is used about 1,095 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Preposition (except "of") | 100% | 1,095 | 6,896 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
amid | 10 |
go placidly amid the noise and haste | 3 |
amid diversity globalization rowntree | 3 |
diversity amid globalization | 3 |
acryl amid | 3 |
amid janet | 3 |
amid celebrate hunger reason | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "AMID"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | në mes të (amidst, among, amongst, in the middle, in the midst), midis (amidst, among, amongst, between). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وسط (amidst, among, amongst, center, centre, endo-, fair, john doe, mean, medium, middle, midst, milieu, navel, ordinary, umbilicus, waist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сред (amidst, among, amongst, midst, with), всред (amidst, midst), между (amidst, among, amongst, between), посред (amidst, in the middle of, in the midst of, in the throes of, mid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 在﹍之中 (among), 中间 (Amidst, intermediate, intermediately, medial, medially, median, mediate, mid, middle, mid-off, midst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | v (at, in, inside of, into, on, under, upon, within), uprostřed (among, amongst, in the middle, in the midst, in the midst of, in the thick of), mezi (amidst, among, amongst, between, in the midst of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | amidgruppe (amid group), kaliumamidkatalysator (potassium amid catalyst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | amidogroep (amid group), kaliumamide-katalysator (potassium amid catalyst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وسط (Amidst, Meddle, Mediocre, Middling, Navel), درمیان (Across, Amidst, Among, Between, Betwixt, Into, Midst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | keskuudessa (among), keskellä (in the middle of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | au milieu de (amidst, among, amongst), a la suite de (amidst), parmi (amidst, among, amongst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | inmitten (amidst, amongst, in the middle of, in the midst of, midst, rather). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μεταξύ (amidst, between, betwixt, twixt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | בתוך (amidst, among, between, during, in, in the midst, inside, through, within), באמצע (amidst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | között (amidst, among, amongst, between, between the devil and the deep blue see, between the devil and the deep sea, betwixt, break between two friends). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | di tengah-tengah (medial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tra (amidst, among, amongst, between, betwixt, in), in mezzo a (amidst, among, amongst, between, betwixt), fra (amidst, among, amongst, between, betwixt, forward rate agreement, France, French Republic, future rate agreement, in, within). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 의 속에 (Amidst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mastey (amidst, among, amongst, churn, mixture, within), fud (amidst, among, amongst, during). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amiday no meio de (amidst, among, between, in the throes of, middle age, midstream), entre (amidst, among, amongst, beside, between, betwixt, come in, enter, mid, with). (various references) printre (amidst, among, between, mongst, through), între (amidst, among, amongst, between, from, intermediate), în mijlocul (amidst, mid, midst). (various references) среди (amidst, among, amongst, in the midst of, midst). (various references) usred (amidst, middle: in the middle, midst, midst: in the midst, midst: in the midst of), u sredini (amidst, middle: in the middle), sred (amidst), među (amidst, among, amongst, between). (various references) entre (amidst, among, amongst, between, betwixt, by, in between, in the midst of, midst, within, you enter), en medio de (amidst, among, amongst, between). (various references) mitt i (amidst, in the middle of, in the midst of, in the thick of, midst). (various references) arasında (amidst, among, amongst, between, betwixt, in the midst of, inter-, mid, 'tween), arasına (amidst, among, amongst, between), ortasında (amidst, between, in among, in the depth of, in the middle of the, in the midst of, inter-, midst), ortasına (amidst). (various references) серед (amidst, among, amongst, between, betwixt, from among, inter, midst), між (among, amongst, between, betwixt, inter), посеред (amidst, among, amongst), поміж (among, amongst, in between). (various references) ynghanol (amidst), ymysg (amidst, among), ymhlith (amidst, among, between). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cum, cumelecta, cumque. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | mid. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "AMID": amidase, amidases, amide, amides, amidic, amidin, amidine, amidines, amidins, amido, amidogen, amidogens, amidol, amidols, amidone, amidones, amids, amidship, amidships, amidst. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "AMID": acetamid, aramid, bipyramid, cyanamid, pyramid. (additional references) | |
Words containing "AMID": acetamide, acetamides, acetamids, acetazolamide, acetazolamides, acrylamide, acrylamides, aramids, bipyramidal, bipyramids, carbamide, carbamides, chlorpropamide, chlorpropamides, cyanamide, cyanamides, cyanamids, cyclophosphamide, cyclophosphamides, diamide, diamides, ethionamide, ethionamides, extrapyramidal, formamide, formamides, niacinamide, niacinamides, nialamide, nialamides, nicotinamide, nicotinamides, pentamidine, pentamidines, phenylthiocarbamide, phenylthiocarbamides, polyacrylamide, polyacrylamides, polyamide, polyamides, pyramidal, pyramidally, pyramided, pyramidical, pyramiding, pyramids, sodamide, sodamides, sulfanilamide, sulfanilamides, sulfonamide. (additional references) | |
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"AMID" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abid, adid, aeid, afid, agid, ahid, ahmad, Ahmado, ahmed, Ahmidou, aibd, aidd, aidv, aimi, aiud, akid, alid, almud, amad, amada, Amado, Amadu, amaid, amaj, ambiv, Ambix, Amcit, Amdh, amed, Ameda, Amedo, ameld, ami, Amia, amic, amida, amidi, amids, amie, amig, amik, Amil, amild, amim, amin, amio, amis, amith, ammed, Ammi, Ammir, amod, Amold, amot, ampi, amu, amud, amut, amux, amyg, amyr, amyu, anad, anaid, Anaud, andi, anid, aniv, anix, anoid, anud, apid, Asid, atid, auid, Avmd, axid, ayid, azid, azmat, Azmi, emaid, emid, famid, Hamida, iamids, imad, imd, imi, imid, Kamod, maido, maird, Namdi, Namjim, omad, omid, Qmi, smid, umid, vami, vamid, Xamdu. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "AMID" (pronounced umi"d) |
| 3 | -m i" d | mid. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: maid. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-m" | |
-1 letter: aid, aim, ami, dam, dim, mad, mid. | |
-2 letters: ad, ai, am, id, ma, mi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-m" | |
+1 letter: admit, admix, aimed, amide, amido, amids, maids, media. | |
+2 letters: admire, admits, admixt, aidman, aidmen, amides, amidic, amidin, amidol, amidst, aramid, cadmic, daimen, daimio, daimon, daimyo, degami, diadem, diamin, diatom, digamy, dirham, disarm, dismal, dismay, domain, imaged, maiden, mailed, maimed, mantid, masjid, mediad, mediae, medial, median, medias, medina, midair, midday, midway, mikado, miladi, milady, misadd, modica, myriad, radium, sadism. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 4D 49 44 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -- .. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01001101 01001001 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A M I D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 004D 0049 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35474338 |
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