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Definition: AMONGST |
AMONGSTPreposition1. Expressing a relation of dispersion, distribution, etc.; also, a relation of reciprocal action. 2. Conjoined, or associated with, or making part of the number of; in the number or class of. 3. Mixed or mingled; surrounded by. |
Date "AMONGST" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
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: AMONGST |
| English words defined with "AMONGST": Among ♦ 'Mongst ♦ Of. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "AMONGST": Bartole, Batman factor ♦ CAT MATCH, Champion of England ♦ Filioque Controversy, Fraserian ♦ Galligantus, Gyneth ♦ Herculean Knot, Hercules' Choice, Hotch-pot ♦ Isidorian Decretals, I'sis ♦ Lady of Mercy, likelihood ratio ♦ Maunciples Tale, Moses' Rod, Mulready Envelope ♦ Puff-ball ♦ Ring Posies ♦ tights, TO WELL ♦ Wrath ♦ Yale Haskell. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "AMONGST": Whilst. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Jane, did you compare the percentage of teenage male Rex Manning fans to the incidence of homosexuality amongst teenage males (Empire Records; writing credit: Carol Heikkinen) Amongst the aliens (The Faculty; writing credit: David Wechter; Bruce Kimmel) That woman is a member of the Etori sect amongst the Geminese (Battlestar Galactica; writing credit: Glen A. Larson) This sort of calamity we cannot always guard against, even amongst our best students (School for Scoundrels; writing credit: Hal E. Chester; Patricia Moyes) You must make your own life amongst the living and, whether you meet fair winds or foul, find your own way to harbor in the end. (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; writing credit: R.A. Dick; Philip Dunne) | |
Lyrics | Converse amongst yourselves (You Will Be A Hot Dancer; performing artist: Incubus) This will be that anthem amongst the cheers (Will2K; performing artist: Will Smith) | |
Movie/TV Titles | We'll Take Her Children in Amongst Our Own (1915) Amongst Women (1998) Momus: Amongst Women Only (1991) Amongst Barbarians (1990) Darkness Amongst Friends (1984) | |
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 | Amongst the Anopheles mosquitoes the venation of their wings remains constant, while the scale patterns undergo variation between Groups 1, 2, 3, and 4. Anopheles gambiae is the world's most important vector for malarial parasites. Credit: CDC. |  | Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. A great egret stalking its lunch amongst new cypress shoots. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | H. M. S. CHALLENGER amongst the ice. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | A single, white wildflower amongst desert weeds. Credit: Beth Perault. |
 | Miles Hill in his yard amongst the sweetpeas. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |  | [Visiting Nurse stands amongst the trash in the district]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Union organizer attempts to better working conditions amongst tiff miners. Washington County, Missouri. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "'Witches' stall" by L L Commentary: "This stall sold dried llama foetuses amongst other things. La Paz, Bolivia." | "Bronze Face" by Matt Williams Commentary: "These three-foot tall, alien-like sky gazing sculptures are dotted all over one area of Birmingham's Botanical Gardens, in amongst the bushes plants and shrubs. He looks happy enough though." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Desiderius Erasmus | The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes. |
Francis Bacon | Suspicion amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they never fly by twilight. |
Lord Halifax | You are to have as strict a guard upon yourself amongst your children, as if you were amongst your enemies. |
Lucretius | From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Find out something that hath the use and value of money amongst his neighbours, you shall see the same man will begin presently to enlarge his possessions. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The robe of speculative cobwebs, embroidered with flowers of rhetoric, steeped in the dew of sickly sentiment, this transcendental robe in which the German Socialists wrapped their sorry "eternal truths," all skin and bone, served to wonderfully increase the sale of their goods amongst such a public. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Those amongst them who before the war were habitually resident in territory occupied by the troops of the Allied and Associated Powers are likewise to be sent to their homes, subject to the consent and control of the military authorities of the Allied and Associated armies of occupation. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Illiteracy is considered a big problem amongst youths and adults. (references) | |
New Zealand's home energy consumption is low amongst OECD countries. (references) | ||
Education in Information Technology is amongst the most expensive in the country. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Uzbekistan | Self-censorship amongst university professors occurred. (references) |
Economic History | India | The NRS is a biannual survey of media habits amongst Indians. (references) |
Uae | They are amongst the few forums where stock is sold to the public. (references) | |
Political Economy | Bulgaria | The constitution provides for the separation of powers amongst the executive, judicial and legislative branches and a system of checks and balances. (references) |
URUGUAY | MERCOSUR has been facing serious growing pains for the last three years, which seriously increased trade and political disputes amongst its partners. (references) | |
Zambia | Strongest amongst these is the United Party for National Development (UPND) which has shown strength in several recent parliamentary by-elections and has demonstrated the ability to operate nationally. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TIGHTS, n. An habiliment of the stage designed to reinforce the general acclamation of the press agent with a particular publicity. Public attention was once somewhat diverted from this garment to Miss Lillian Russell's refusal to wear it, and many were the conjectures as to her motive, the guess of Miss Pauline Hall showing a high order of ingenuity and sustained reflection. It was Miss Hall's belief that nature had not endowed Miss Russell with beautiful legs. This theory was impossible of acceptance by the male understanding, but the conception of a faulty female leg was of so prodigious originality as to rank among the most brilliant feats of philosophical speculation! It is strange that in all the controversy regarding Miss Russell's aversion to tights no one seems to have thought to ascribe it to what was known among the ancients as "modesty." The nature of that sentiment is now imperfectly understood, and possibly incapable of exposition with the vocabulary that remains to us. The study of lost arts has, however, been recently revived and some of the arts themselves recovered. This is an epoch of renaissances, and there is ground for hope that the primitive "blush" may be dragged from its hiding-place amongst the tombs of antiquity and hissed on to the stage. |
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Rush Limbaugh | As I went through the Stack of Stuff, the amount of introspection going on amongst liberal members of the media and the Democratic Party is amazing. |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Amongst other acts of questionable validity, the notes of the expired corporation are known to have been used as its own and again put in circulation. |
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| "AMONGST" is generally used as a preposition (except "of") -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "AMONGST" is used about 4,547 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% | 4,547 | 2,152 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "AMONGST": amongst them ♦ amongst you ♦ be amongst. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
amongst | 11 |
amongst fell he thief | 5 |
amongst ourselves | 3 |
amongst woman | 3 |
among amongst | 2 |
amongst friend | 2 |
amongst swarm | 2 |
american amongst high school student who whos | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "AMONGST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | në mes të (amid, amidst, among, in the middle, in the midst), midis (amid, amidst, among, between). (various references) | |
Arabic | فيما بين (among), وسط (amid, amidst, among, center, centre, endo-, fair, john doe, mean, medium, middle, midst, milieu, navel, ordinary, umbilicus, waist). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сред (amid, amidst, among, midst, with), у (about, among, in, on, with), между (amid, amidst, among, between), измежду (among, out of), из (about, among, around, from, over, round, through). (various references) | |
Chinese | 在之中 (Among). (various references) | |
Czech | uprostřed (amid, among, in the middle, in the midst, in the midst of, in the thick of), mezi (amid, amidst, among, between, in the midst of). (various references) | |
Danish | stigende erhvervsfrekvens blandt kvinder (increase in participation rate amongst women), opretholdelsen af en ligevaegt saavel mellem de levende organismer indbyrdes som mellem disse organismer og det abiotiske miljoe (maintaining equilibrium both amongst living organisms themselves and between these organisms and the abiotic environment), Foranstaltninger til bekæmpelse af kvindearbejdsløshed (Actions to combat unemployment amongst women), det er ved omdannelserved mellemtemperaturer ofte vanskeligt at bestemme, hvilke faser der dannes foerst (amongst the different constituents resulting from the transformation, it is often difficult to distinguish, the products which are formed first). (various references) | |
Dutch | Acties ter bestrijding van de vrouwenwerkloosheid (Actions to combat unemployment amongst women), van de soorten die tengevolge van hun groot concentrerend vermogen voor radio-elementen, als indicatoren voor de milieubesmetting dienen, kunnen de kiezelwieren en zakpijpen worden genoemd (act as indicators of the environmental contamination may be mentioned the coral alga and the ascidium, amongst the species which, because of their strong radioelement concentration power), toenemende toetreding van vrouwen tot het arbeidsproces (increase in participation rate amongst women), toenemende deelneming aan het arbeidsproces door vrouwen (increase in participation rate amongst women), toenemende arbeidsparticipatie door vrouwen (increase in participation rate amongst women), het is vaak moeilijk om bij de omzetting die fasen te herkennen die het eerst zijn gevormd (amongst the different constituents resulting from the transformation, it is often difficult to distinguish, the products which are formed first), handhaving van het evenwicht tussen levende organismen onderling en tussen hen en de abiotische omgeving (maintaining equilibrium both amongst living organisms themselves and between these organisms and the abiotic environment), groeiende aanwezigheid van vrouwen op de arbeidsmarkt (increase in participation rate amongst women). (various references) | |
Finnish | kesken (among, between). (various references) | |
French | au milieu de (amid, amidst, among), parmi (amid, amidst, among), entre (among), chez (among). (various references) | |
German | zwischen (among, between, betwixt, insinde, inter), inmitten (amid, amidst, in the middle of, in the midst of, midst, rather). (various references) | |
Greek | ανάμεσα σε (among). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בין (among, between, through), בקרב (among, through). (various references) | |
Hungarian | között (amid, amidst, among, between, between the devil and the deep blue see, between the devil and the deep sea, betwixt, break between two friends), közé (amid, amidst, among, between, betwixt, to put grit in the bearings). (various references) | |
Indonesian | diantara (among, between). (various references) | |
Italian | tra (amid, amidst, among, between, betwixt, in), in mezzo a (amid, amidst, among, betwixt), fra (amid, amidst, among, between, betwixt, in, within). (various references) | |
Korean | 의 사이에. (various references) | |
Manx | mastey (amid, amidst, among, churn, mixture, within), fud (amid, amidst, among, during). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amongstay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | juntamente com, entre (amid, amidst, among, beside, between, betwixt, enter, mid, with). (various references) | |
Romanian | pe vremea (among), dintre (among, between, from), din (about, among, at, by, from, from out, in, of, off, on, out of, through, upon), între (amid, amidst, among, between, from, intermediate). (various references) | |
Russian | среди (amid, amidst, among, in the midst of, midst). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | među (amid, amidst, among, between), između (among, between, in between, inter). (various references) | |
Spanish | entre (amid, amidst, among, between, betwixt, by, in between, in the midst of, midst, within, you enter), en medio de (amid, amidst, among, between). (various references) | |
Swedish | bland (among, mid, of, with). (various references) | |
Thai | ต่อสู้กันในหมู่หรือท่ามกลาง (fight among, fight amongst). (various references) | |
Turkish | arasında (amid, amidst, among, between, betwixt, in the midst of, inter-, mid, 'tween), arasına (amid, amidst, among, between), içinde (among, in, included, inly, inside of, sub, therein, within). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | у (among, at, in, inside, into, off, on, onto, with, within), із (among, ex, from, from among, off, out, outside), серед (amid, amidst, among, between, betwixt, from among, inter, midst), спільно (among, hand in hand, in common, jointly, mutually, simultaneously, together), разом (altogether, among, as a whole, between, hand in hand, heave ho, in all, together), через (about, across, among, aslant, because of, by, by way of, down, for, from, in, o'er, over, owing to, per, seeing, thanks to, through, throughout, via), крізь (across, among), в епоху (among), між (amid, among, between, betwixt, inter), з (about, against, along, among, ex, from, from among, in, into, of, off, on, out, outside, since, to, upon, with), посеред (amid, amidst, among), поміж (amid, among, in between). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 3, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai hkousan thn fwnhn kuriou tou qeou peripatountoV en tw paradeisw to deilinon kai ekrubhsan o te adam kai h gunh autou apo proswpou kuriou tou qeou en mesw tou xulou tou paradeisou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et cum audissent vocem Domini Dei deambulantis in paradiso ad auram post meridiem abscondit se Adam et uxor eius a facie Domini Dei in medio ligni paradisi |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Eft ða ða God com, ond hi gehyrdon his stemne ðær he eode on neorxnawange ofer midne dæg, ða behydde Adam hine, ond his wif eac swa dyde, fram Godes gesihðe on middam ðam treowe neorxnanwonges. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne thei herden the voys of the Lord God goynge in paradis at the shynyng after myd dai, Adam hid hym and his wijf fro the face of the Lord God in the myddel of the tree of paradis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And they herd the voyce of the LORde God as he walked in the garde in the coole of the daye. And Adam hyd hymselfe and his wyfe also from the face of the LORde God amonge the trees of the garden. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And there came to them the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the evening wind: and the man and his wife went to a secret place among the trees of the garden, away from the eyes of the Lord God. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 3, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | Ug hingdunggan nila ang tingog ni Jehova nga Dios nga nagalakaw sa tanaman sa kabugnaw sa adlaw, ug nanagtago ang tawo ug ang iyang asawa gikan sa atubangan ni Jehova nga Dios, sa taliwala sa mga kakahoyan sa tanaman. |
| Croatian | Uto èuju korak Jahve, Boga, koji je šetao vrtom za dnevnog povjetarca. I sakriju se - èovjek i njegova žena - pred Jahvom, Bogom, meðu stabla u vrtu. |
| Danish | Da Dagen blev sval, hørte de Gud HERREN vandre i Haven, og Adam og hans Hustru skjulte sig for ham inde mellem Havens Træer. |
| Dutch | En zij hoorden de stem van den HEERE God, wandelende in den hof, aan den wind des daags. Toen verborg zich Adam en zijn vrouw voor het aangezicht van den HEERE God, in het midden van het geboomte des hofs. |
| Finnish | Ja he kuulivat, kuinka Herra Jumala käyskenteli paratiisissa illan viileydessä. Ja mies vaimoineen lymysi Herran Jumalan kasvojen edestä paratiisin puiden sekaan. |
| French | Alors ils entendirent la voix de l`Éternel Dieu, qui parcourait le jardin vers le soir, et l`homme et sa femme se cachèrent loin de la face de l`Éternel Dieu, au milieu des arbres du jardin. |
| German | Und sie hörten die Stimme Gottes des HERRN, der im Garten ging, da der Tag kühl geworden war. Und Adam versteckte sich mit seinem Weibe vor dem Angesicht Gottes des HERRN unter die Bäume im Garten. |
| Haitian Creole | Jou sa a, solèy te fèk fin kouche lè nonm lan ak madanm li tande vwa Seyè a, Bondye a, ki t'ap pwonmennen nan jaden an. Y' al kache nan mitan pyebwa ki nan jaden an pou Seyè a, Bondye a, pa wè yo. |
| Hungarian | És meghallák az Úr Isten szavát, a ki hûvös alkonyatkor a kertben jár vala; és elrejtõzék az ember és az õ felesége az Úr Isten elõl a kert fái között. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Petang itu mereka mendengar TUHAN Allah berjalan di dalam taman, lalu mereka berdua bersembunyi di antara pohon-pohon supaya tidak dilihat oleh TUHAN. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kedengaranlah kepada mereka itu suara Tuhan Allah, yang berjalan-jalan dalam taman pada masa angin silir, maka Adam dan Hawapun menyembunyikan dirinya dari hadirat Tuhan Allah dalam belukar taman itu. |
| Italian | Poi udirono il Signore Dio che passeggiava nel giardino alla brezza del giorno e l'uomo con sua moglie si nascosero dal Signore Dio, in mezzo agli alberi del giardino. |
| Maori | A ka rongo raua i te reo o Ihowa, o te Atua, e haereere ana i te kari i te hauhautanga o te ra: a ka piri a Arama raua ko tana wahine i te aroaro o Ihowa, o te Atua, ki roto ki nga rakau o te kari. |
| Norwegian | Og de hørte Gud Herren som vandret i haven, da dagen var blitt kjølig; og Adam og hans hustru skjulte sig for Gud Herrens åsyn mellem trærne i haven. |
| Portuguese | E, ouvindo a voz do Senhor Deus, que passeava no jardim à tardinha, esconderam-se o homem e sua mulher da presença do Senhor Deus, entre as árvores do jardim. |
| Rumanian | Atunci au auzit glasul Domnului Dumnezeu, care umbla prin grqdinq kn rqcoarea zilei: wi omul wi nevasta lui s`au ascuns de Faya Domnului Dumnezeu printre pomii din grqdinq. |
| Spanish | Cuando oyeron la voz de Jehovah Dios que se paseaba en el jardín en el fresco del día, el hombre y su mujer se escondieron de la presencia de Jehovah Dios entre los árboles del jardín. |
| Swedish | Och de hörde HERREN Gud vandra i lustgården, när dagen begynte svalkas; då gömde sig mannen med sin hustru för HERREN Guds ansikte bland träden i lustgården. |
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Misspellings | |
"AMONGST" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amonges, amongest, amongist, amons, amonsgt, amorges, Anagnosti, mongst. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-m-n-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: magots, mangos, mongst, tangos, tomans, tongas. | |
-2 letters: agons, among, angst, atoms, gnats, goats, magot, mango, manos, mason, moans, moats, monas, nomas, ogams, santo, stang, stoma, tango, tangs, togas, toman, tonga, tongs. | |
-3 letters: agon, ants, atom, gams, gast, gats, gnat, goas, goat, mags, mano, mans, mast, mats, moan, moas, moat, mogs, mons, most, mots. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-m-n-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: angstrom, antismog, magnetos, megatons, montages. | |
+2 letters: angstroms, atomising, magnetons, martagons, strongman. | |
+3 letters: agronomist, amortising, antagonism, augmentors, gastronome, gastronomy, gemmations, magnetrons, mangosteen, migrations, misatoning, monogamist, morganites, outshaming, postmating, stomaching. | |
+4 letters: accustoming, agnosticism, agronomists, anatomising, angiomatous, antagonisms, antismoking, dermatogens, emigrations, ergotamines, fumigations, gangsterdom, gastronomes, gastronomic, geminations, hatemongers, homogenates, ligamentous, mangosteens, mislocating, mitigations, monogamists, monogastric, montagnards, nonmigrants, outsmarting, postmarking, prognathism, toolmakings. | |
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