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Definition: Between |
BetweenAdverb1. In the interval; "dancing all the dances with little rest between". 2. In between; "two houses with a tree between". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "between" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Between Between hay and grass. Neither one thing nor yet another; a hobbledehoy, neither a man nor yet a boy. Between cup and lip. (See Slip.) Between Scylla and Charybdis. Between two equal dangers; on the horns of a dilemma. (See Charybdis.) Between two fires. Between two dangers. In war, an army fired upon from opposite sides is in imminent danger. Between two stools you come to the ground: "Like a man on double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, and both neglect." He who hunts two hares leaves one and loses the other." Simul sorbere ac flare non possum. The allusion is to a children's game called "The Ambassador," also a practical joke at one time played at sea when the ship crossed the line. Two stools are set side by side, but somewhat apart, and a cloth is covered over them. A person sits on each stool to keep the cloth taut, and the ambassador is invited to sit in the middle; but, as soon as he is seated, the two rise and the ambassador comes to the ground. Between you and me (French, entrenous). In confidence be it spoken. Sometimes, Between you and me and the gate-post. These phrases, for the most part, indicate that some ill-natured remark or slander is about to be made of a third person, but occasionally they refer to some offer or private affair. "Between ourselves" is another form of the same phrase. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Between, Among. "The seven children divided the apples between them." Two children may divide apples between, them, but in this case it is better to say, "The seven children divided the apples among them." George Eliot, in Middlemarch, says: "The fight lay entirely between Pinkerton, the old Tory member; Bagster, the new Whig member; and Brook, the Independent member." In this case, between or with is more satisfactory than among, although three persons are referred to. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Between is a town located in Walton County, Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 148.Geography
Between is located at 33°48'50" North, 83°48'33" West (33.813956, -83.809170)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.3 km² (0.9 mi²). 2.3 km² (0.9 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 148 people, 61 households, and 42 families residing in the town. The population density is 65.7/km² (170.4/mi²). There are 63 housing units at an average density of 28.0/km² (72.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 96.62% White, 3.38% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.68% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 61 households out of which 23.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% are married couples living together, 6.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% are non-families. 24.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.43 and the average family size is 2.98. In the town the population is spread out with 23.6% under the age of 18, 12.2% from 18 to 24, 21.6% from 25 to 44, 31.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 117.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 109.3 males. The median income for a household in the town is $52,222, and the median income for a family is $52,292. Males have a median income of $41,875 versus $24,688 for females. The per capita income for the town is $20,115. 8.9% of the population and 12.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 12.8% are under the age of 18 and 16.7% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Between, Georgia."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| BET | English | Between | Computing |
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Synonym: BetweenSynonym: betwixt (adv). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.) The difference between you and I is that you can leave anytime you choose (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce) Look, I'll make it easy for you. The time has come when you must tell me you have a wife and two adorable childrenand this madness between us can't go on any longer (Notorious; writing credit: Ben Hecht) If I could bottle the sexual tension between Bonnie Franklin and Shnyder, I could solve the energy crisis (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.) The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein) | |
Lyrics | Just between you and me (Between You And Me; performing artist: DC Talk) Get between us (I Don't Wanna; performing artist: Aaliyah) Yeah we dancing in between all the lines (Sunshine; performing artist: Aerosmith) I'm not between you and your ambition (32 Flavors; performing artist: Alana Davis) Cuz I want to decide between survival and bliss (Precious Illusions; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) | |
Clever | Between us, we cover all knowledge; he knows all that can be known and I know the rest. (references; author: Mark Twain) Never stand between a dog and a tree. (references; author: unknown) The gap between advice and help is very wide. (references; author: unknown) Consciousness: That annoying time between naps. (references; author: unknown) Shortest distance between two jokes: A straight line. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Between Wars (1974) The Ones in Between (1972) Living Between Two Worlds (1963) Canada Between Two World Wars (1963) Between Two Rivers (1960) | |
Song Titles | Between You And Me (performing artist: Ja Rule) Just Between You And Me (performing artist: Lou Gramm) TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS (performing artist: Mary McGregor ) Thin Line Between Love and Hate (performing artist: The Persuaders) | |
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 | Shown is a side-by-side of two normal mammograms showing the difference between a dense breast (left) and a fatty breast (right). The dense breast is that of a woman aged 39, the fatty breast is that of a 59-year old woman. Abnormal lesions are easier to detect and diagnose in a fatty breast making mammography more accurate. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Position emission tomography (PET) of cerebral glucose utilization in a normal individual. This tomogram is through the upper part of the cerebral hemisphere. Note discrimination between gray matter (yellow-red color) and white matter (green-blue color) which uses less glucose. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | The phagosome membrane is disintegrating. To the far left is a rickettsia free within the host cell cytoplasm. Between the rickettsias is a mitochondrion. Transmission electron micrograph. Credit: CDC. |  | The ultraviolet pass box cabinet was used in Maximum Containment labs, through which possibly contaminated objects were passed in order to render any pathogens lifeless during transfer between laboratory rooms. Credit: CDC. |
 | A Grazing Encounter Between Two Spiral Galaxies. Credit: NASA. |  | A tempestuous relationship between an unlikely pair of stars may have created an oddly shaped ... Credit: NASA. |
 | A rare and spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies appears in this Hubble telescope ... Credit: NASA. |  | Mosaic of 45 images taken between Jan. 1994 and March 1995 of M42, the Orion Nebula. Credit: NASA. |
 | This image was taken by Clementine as it came over the north lunar pole at thecompletion of mapping orbit 102 on March 13, 1994. The angular separation between lunar horizon and Earth has been reduced for illustration purposes.The large crater at the bottom of the image is Plaskett (180 W longitude, 82 N latitude).(A version of this image with just the Earth in the image is available on theNSSDC Photo Gallery: Earth page.). Credit: NASA. |  | On the border between Chile and the Catamarca province of Argentina lies a vast field of currently dormant volcanoes. Over time, these volcanoes have laid down a crust of magma roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) thick. It is tinged with a patina of various colors that can indicate both the age and mineral content of the original lava flows. Credit: NASA. |
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| "Boat between houses" by Tom Haynes Commentary: "Interesting shot, isnt it...?." | "War between Desert and Forest" by Francois Egli Commentary: "War between Desert and Forest." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Modern blues style excerpt showcasing a call and response between piano and trumpet. | | A quick duo between an arpeggiated guitar and a melodic guitar. |
| Call and response influenced interaction between rhythm section and tenor saxophone. | | Dice being rolled between the hands. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Blaise Pascal | The war existing between the senses and reason. |
Frantois de Montcorbier Villon | We were two and had but one heart between us. |
Henry David Thoreau | Let nothing come between you and the light. |
| Between whom there is hearty truth, there is love. | |
Miguel De Cervantes | True valor lies between cowardice and rashness. |
Ovid | Keep a mid course between two extremes. |
Thomas Middleton | There's no hate lost between us. |
Victor Borge | Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. |
Virgil | I make no distinction between Trojan and Tyrian. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | And all the will, hatreds, and bitterness that have arisen between us and our men, clergy and lay, from the date of the quarrel, we have completely remitted and pardoned to everyone. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | The Lord the Judge (says he) be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon, Judg. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | Between these alternatives there is no middle ground. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The President shall be chosen by agreement between the two Governments concerned. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | This means a special relationship between the British Commonwealth and Empire and the United States. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Mr. Weston directed the whole, officiating safely between Hartfield and the Vicarage, and every body was in good time |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | So Sylvie and I had to share the soup between us, and to pretend to enjoy it, for it certainly was very queerly cooked |
Last Chance To See | Douglas Adams | The great thing about being the only species that makes a distinction between right and wrong is that we can make up the rules for ourselves as we go along |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Between thee and me the scale hangs fairly balanced |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The old man was caught between the wheels |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | On week days he did messages between the house in Carysfort Avenue and those shops in the main street of the town with which the family dealt |
A Swiftly Tilting Planet | Madeleine L'Engle | At terra at this fateful hour I call upon all heaven with its power, And the sun with its brightness, And the snow with its whiteness, And the fire with all the strength it hath, And the lighting with its rapid wrath, And the winds with the swiftness along their path, And the sea with its deepness, And the rocks with their steepness, And the earth with its starkness, All this I place,By God's Almighty help and grace, Between myself and the powers of darkness |
Something Wicked This Way Comes | Ray Bradbury | Those trains and their grieving sounds were lost forever between stations, not remembering where they had been, not guessing where they might go, exhaling their last pale breaths over the horizon, gone |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The shadow of someone walking between the tent and the sun crossed the canvas |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Sometimes the quarrel between two princes is to which of them shall dispossess a third of his dominions, where neither of them pretend to any right |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Drink cool liquids between meals. (references) | |
Pain in the back between the shoulder blades. (references) | ||
Avoid eating high-calorie snacks between meals. (references) | ||
Business | Applicable import duty ranges between 0 - 21 percent. (references) | |
Payment terms are negotiable between vendor and purchaser. (references) | ||
Tractor sales represent between 55 to 60% of the total market. (references) | ||
Children | Benin | The children work, but the arrangement is voluntary between the two families. (references) |
Turkmenistan | Pensions usually range between $10 to $30 per month ( 200,000 to 300,000 manats). (references) | |
Switzerland | The study cited 60 cases: most of the victims were girls between 13 and 17 years of age. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Chile | Between 20 and 60 persons were detained. (references) |
Mauritius | Libel suits between private parties are common. (references) | |
Iran | Their sentences were reduced to between 2 and 9 years' imprisonment. (references) | |
Discrimination | Papua New Guinea | Skirmishes and conflicts tend to be based on disputes between clans over issues such as boundaries, land ownership, injuries, and insults suffered by one clan at the hands of another; they are not ethnically based. (references) |
Monaco | It differentiates between rights that are accorded to nationals (including preference in employment, free education, and assistance to the ill or unemployed) and those accorded to all residents, for example, freedom of religion and inviolability of the home. (references) | |
Economic History | Mauritius | Markup limits vary between 20-50%. (references) |
Human Rights | Lebanon | Sentences varied from between 5 to 45 days. (references) |
Guatemala | ORP received 14 cases of homicide between January and July. (references) | |
Macau | Laws issued between 1976 and 1991 have been translated into Chinese. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Bangladesh | Clashes between Bengalis and tribals ensued, injuring 18 persons, including 1 policeman. (references) |
Colombia | The UNHCHR's office reported that 10 indigenous leaders were killed between January and August. (references) | |
Colombia | ONIC reported in July that 35 members of indigenous groups were killed between January and July. (references) | |
Minorities | Liberia | Some tensions exist between the major religious communities. (references) |
Tajikistan | Tensions persisted between ethnic Uzbeks and Tajiks in some areas. (references) | |
China | Tensions between ethnic Han citizens and Uighurs in Xinjiang continued. (references) | |
Political Economy | Haiti | The HNP has between 2,500 and 3,500 officers. (references) |
Israel | An airlink was also established between Amman and Haifa. (references) | |
SWITZERLAND | Employment between ages 15 and 20 is strictly regulated. (references) | |
Political Rights | Angola | The runoff election between Dos Santos and Savimbi was never held. (references) |
Angola | If no candidate wins such a majority, a runoff must take place between the two candidates with the most votes. (references) | |
Poland | Executive power is divided between the President and a government chosen by the Sejm, or lower house of Parliament. (references) | |
Trade | Kenya | At the moment there is no tax treaty between Kenya and the United States. (references) |
France | Contracts between firms now often include a request for quality assurance. (references) | |
Kenya | Typically, funded projects are between $5 million and $50 million in size. (references) | |
Travel | Mexico | Hot land ranges between sea level and 3,000 feet. (references) |
Mexico | Temperate area is found between 3,000 and 6,000 feet. (references) | |
Singapore | Temperatures at night average between 76 and 80 degrees. (references) | |
Women | Chile | Legal distinctions between the sexes still exist. (references) |
Libya | Educational differences between men and women have narrowed. (references) | |
Ethiopia | Abductions have led to conflicts between families, communities, and ethnic groups. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Denmark | They received jail sentences of between 1 and 3 years. (references) |
Honduras | Each EPZ provides space for between 4 and 10 companies. (references) | |
Seychelles | Between 15 and 20 percent of the workforce is unionized. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SANDLOTTER, n. A vertebrate mammal holding the political views of Denis Kearney, a notorious demagogue of San Francisco, whose audiences gathered in the open spaces (sandlots) of the town. True to the traditions of his species, this leader of the proletariat was finally bought off by his law-and-order enemies, living prosperously silent and dying impenitently rich. But before his treason he imposed upon California a constitution that was a confection of sin in a diction of solecisms. The similarity between the words "sandlotter" and "sansculotte" is problematically significant, but indubitably suggestive. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | There's a difference between following Jesus and stalking him. |
Jack Hanna | Never again will I do it. It was like a bullet going between my legs. Of course I held you know what so nothing would happen. I'll tell you that. It's unbelievable. |
Judith Miller | Well I'm struck by the fact that there is still a difference in tone between Secretary Powell and the President. |
Mark Shields | Governor Ridge, nobody questions the closeness of your relationship, the trust and confidence between you and the president. |
Mikhail Baryshnikov | Well, I cannot go on stage without keeping myself in shape, you know. When we work, we work six, seven hours, you know. My working day between eight and seven hours. |
Paul Harvey | I'm asked that question a lot and I'm not even aware of it. I'm just pausing between what I'm saying and what I'm thinking about saying. |
Robert Novak | Crown Prince Abdullah, at his meeting with the president, presented a fairly detailed eight-point plan for peace between the Palestinians and Israel. |
Rush Limbaugh | Clinton promoted discord between the races. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Their situation and manners place the commerce between the two sexes almost without restraint. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Our attitude has therefore been that of neutrality between them, which has been maintained by the Government with the strictest impartiality. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | During the war between the Governments of Buenos Ayres and of Brazil frequent collisions between the belligerent acts of power and the rights of neutral commerce occurred. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Negotiations are going on to put on a permanent basis the liberal system of commerce now carried on between us and the Empire of Russia. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Industrial peace between management and labor will have to be achieved--through the process of collective bargaining--with Government assistance but not Government compulsion. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | There are many people in the world who really don't understand, or say they don't, what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Though total agreement between the Executive and the Congress is impossible, total respect is important. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | In a few days we will observe an historic event when Israel makes another major withdrawal from the Sinai and when Ambassadors will be exchanged between Israel and Egypt. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | A bond was reestablished between those two who had helped create this government of ours. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Community policing also requires bonds of trust between citizens and police. |
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| "Between" is generally used as a preposition (except "of") -- approximately 99.86% of the time. "Between" is used about 90,568 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") | 99.86% | 90,445 | 98 |
| Adverb (general) | 0.13% | 117 | 29,823 |
| Total | 100.00% | 90,568 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "between". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Mesopotamia | N/A | Biblical | Between two rivers |
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1. Between, GA (town, FIPS 7640) |
Expressions using "between": angle between transverse probes ♦ angle of deviation between 2 e.m.f.'s ♦ angle of deviation between two e.m.f.'s ♦ assessed mean time between failures ♦ be between a rock and a hard place ♦ be sandwiched between ♦ be sandwiched between two fat men ♦ between 20 and 30 ♦ between and betwixt ♦ between brackets ♦ between cup and lip ♦ Between decks ♦ between hammer and anvil ♦ between hawk and buzzard ♦ between jest and earnest ♦ between layers ♦ between man and man ♦ between now and then ♦ between ourselves ♦ between row crops ♦ between the devil and the deep sea ♦ between the lights ♦ between the lines ♦ between them ♦ between themselves ♦ between this and that ♦ between time ♦ between two fires ♦ between us ♦ between whiles ♦ Between wind and water ♦ between you and me ♦ between you and me and the bedpost ♦ between you and me and the lamppost ♦ betwixt and between ♦ capacitance between conductors ♦ choose between ♦ choose between a and b ♦ clamp between centres ♦ clearance between open contacts ♦ cleft between the buttocks ♦ come between ♦ come between them ♦ come in between ♦ confidence interval for the difference between two proportions ♦ conflict between generations ♦ control by means of a split coupling between the motor and the fan.The speed of the fan is varied by altering the slip between the two coupling halves either magnetically or hydraulically ♦ dealings between people ♦ decide between ♦ dependency between tasks ♦ differentiate between ♦ discriminate between ♦ disregard the distinction between meum and tuum ♦ distinguish between ♦ extrapolated mean time between failures ♦ fall between two stools ♦ Far between ♦ few and far between ♦ gaps between companies ♦ get between the blankets ♦ get in between ♦ go between ♦ hit between wind and water ♦ hold between centres ♦ hover between life and death ♦ i won't stand between them ♦ in between ♦ in between times ♦ interval between vines ♦ keep between hawk and buzzard ♦ make an analogy between ♦ make mischief between ♦ mean cycle between scheduled shop visits ♦ mean cycle between unscheduled replacement ♦ mean time between failure ♦ mean time between failure observed ♦ mean Time Between Failures ♦ mean Time Between Faults ♦ mean time between unscheduled removals ♦ mean time between unscheduled replacement ♦ mediate between ♦ meeting between four ♦ midway between ♦ mount between centres ♦ no love lost between ♦ no one can stand between us ♦ observed mean time between failures ♦ on the borderland between ♦ parameter negotiation between modems ♦ park between two cars ♦ pass between ♦ patient is between life and death ♦ period between seasons ♦ ply between ♦ poise between life and death ♦ predicted mean time between failures ♦ put between its legs ♦ read between the lines ♦ sampling distribution of differences between means ♦ seesaw between two opinions ♦ sound isolation between rooms. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "between": between-airports-taxes-tips-and-porters-included-plan-a, between-area, between-chain, between-country, between-deck, between-decks, between-generations, between-group, between-individual, between-kin, between-level, between-match, between-meal, between-meals, between-ness, between-points, between-programme, between-school, between-song, between-species, between-subjects, between-taxon, between-the-sheets, between-the-wars, between-track, between-two, between-venues, between-wars. | |
Ending with "between": ex-between, go-between, goer-between, in-between, mercenaries-between, place-between, vary-between, visits few and far-between. | |
Containing "between": Go-between-god, in-between room, in-between stage, in-between state, in-between weather, in-between-election-activity, just-between-us, tail-between-the-legs. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "between"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | tussen (among). (various references) | |
Albanian | ndërmjet (among, of). (various references) | |
Arabic | في فترات متباعدة, في ما بين, في الوسط (in the midst, in the midst of), ما بين, بين (amidst, among, articulate, bring to light, broad, distinct, elucidate, evident, explicit, express, indicate, inter alia, midst, obvious, ostensible, overt, seeming, self evident, set forth, show, through, unequivocal). (various references) | |
Basque | artean. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | между (amid, amidst, among, amongst), помежду (in between). (various references) | |
Chinese | 際 (among, border, boundary, edge, fish-spear, interval, sharp, while), 間 (among, interstice, separate, space), 在﹍之間 , 在之间, 之間 (among, inter-), 介 (introduce, lie between). (various references) | |
Czech | mezi (amid, amidst, among, amongst, in the midst of). (various references) | |
Danish | mellem (among). (various references) | |
Dutch | tussen (among), onder (among, below, beneath, downstairs, during, for, under, underneath, whereas, while, whilst). (various references) | |
Esperanto | inter (among). (various references) | |
Faeroese | millum (among). (various references) | |
Farsi | میان (Among, Centennial, Meddle, Middling, Waist, Waistline), مابین (Betwixt, Medial), درمیان (Across, Amid, Amidst, Among, Betwixt, Into, Midst), درمقام مقایسه , دربین . (various references) | |
Finnish | kesken (among, amongst). (various references) | |
Flemish | tussen. (various references) | |
French | entre (betwixt, in between), parmi (beside). (various references) | |
Frisian | tusken (among). (various references) | |
German | zwischen (among, amongst, betwixt, insinde, inter), unter (among, amongst, below, beneath, down below, down under, hypo, Neath, nether, sub, under, underneath), dazwischen (among them, betwixt, betwixt and between, in between, in between times, in with them, interjacent). (various references) | |
Greek | μεταξύ (amid, amidst, betwixt, twixt). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | ndërmjet (among). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בין (among, amongst, through). (various references) | |
Hungarian | között (amid, amidst, among, amongst, between the devil and the deep blue see, between the devil and the deep sea, betwixt, break between two friends). (various references) | |
Indonesian | diantara (among, amongst), di antara dua, cepit (sandwich), antara (in the meanwhile). (various references) | |
Irish | idir (among). (various references) | |
Italian | tra (amid, amidst, among, amongst, betwixt, in), fra (amid, amidst, among, amongst, betwixt, in, within). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 短絡 (draw a hasty inference between two events, electric short-circuit), 挟まる (to be caught in, to get between), 挟む (to hold between, to insert, to interpose), 板挟み (stuck between a rock and a hard place). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かよう (available, ballad, caring for the sick, comely face, floral leaf, in such a manner, like this, lotus leaf, lower leaves, solubilizing, soluble, song, taking care of oneself, to attend, to commute, to go back and forth, to ply between, Tuesday), にちイしんぜん (friendly relations between Japan and Israel), あいたい (between ourselves, confrontation, facing, no third party, tete-a-tete), あいぎ (between-season wear, clothes worn in spring or autumn, clothesfor spring or autumn, spring and autumn wear), あぜみち (footpath between rice fields), こかん (between the legs, nether region), こうはくじあい (contest between two groups), こうふく (appetite, blessedness, capitulation, distinction between what is thought and what is said, happiness, school uniform, submission, surrender), いたじめ (method of making patterns via pressing cloth between carved boards), あいふく (between-season wear, spring and autumn clothing), かけへだてる (to estrange, to put distance between), あいのしゅく (town situated between two post towns), かんとみんのきょうりょく (cooperation between the private and public sectors), かんしょく (a cold color, a compound color, do-nothing job, eating between meals, feeling, government service, leisurely post, sensation, sense of touch, sinecure, snacking, the rotting of lumber stored with poor air circulation), かい (assembly, association, avail, being in between, buyer, buying, club, concerning oneself with, counter for occurrences, effect, -floor, large, low rank, lower order, mediation, meeting, mystery, oar, paddle, party, purchase, result, scull, shell, shellfish, stories, subordinate, the feelings of the people, together, use, wonder, worth), かかん (between equipment, bold, coming of age ceremony, corolla, determined, garland, getting a bird's eye view, looking down on, Milky Way, resolute, wreath), せんきょう (enchanted land, fairyland, progress of a battle, religious mission, temporary bridge between ships, war situation), せいじゃのくべつ (discrimination between right and wrong), せいこううどく (living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits, working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather), ちょうだコース (ball hit toward the gap between outfielders), いたばさみ (stuck between a rock and a hard place), じかん (the space between letters or characters, time, undersecretary, vice-minister), ちょうていしゃ (arbitrator, go between, mediator), ちゅうえつふんそう (dispute between China and Vietnam), てんもくざん (line between victory and defeat), はやうまれ (born between January 1st and April 1st), はつかおあわせ (first contest between, first meeting), はばつあらそい (factional dispute, factional strife, rivalry between factions), はさむ (to clip, to cut off, to hold between, to insert, to interpose, to snip), はさまる (to be caught in, to get between), あいがも (cross between a mallard and domestic duck), みけん (area between the eyebrows, brow, glabella, middle forehead, unacquainted, unknown), にちべいぼうえき (trade between Japan and USA), けいたりがたくていたりがたし (There is little to choose between the two), ジアスラーゼ (gaps between bones or muscles, spaces), ものごし (bearing, demeanour, manner, with something in-between), むだぐい (eating between meals, living idly), ゲームさ (distance in the standings between two teams expressed as the difference in number of games won or lost), あんぶ (col, dark side, saddle between mountains), わりがき (interlinear notes, notes between lines of text), あいのと (door between the rooms), はざかいき (between-crops season, off-crops season), ライガー (cross between a lion and a tiger, liger), せいしのさかい (between life and death), しょくばけっこん (marriage between co-workers), しゅいこうぼうせん (game or series of games between the first and second place teams), しゃかんきょり (distance between two trains or vehicles), しゃかいじんやきゅう (baseball tournament between non-professional teams sponsored by corporations), しせん (branch line, glance, great poet, look, one's eyes, personal selection, point between life and death, selected poems, Szechwan, verge of death), そうとうせん (game between Waseda and Tokyo universities), なみま (between the waves, on the waves). (various references) | |
Korean | 사이. (various references) | |
Manx | eddyr (betwixt). (various references) | |
Norwegian | imellom (among). (various references) | |
Occitan | entre. (various references) | |
Papiamen | entre (among), aden (among, in it, inside). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | etweenbay.(various references) | |
Polish | między (among). (various references) | |
Portuguese | entre (amid, amidst, among, amongst, beside, betwixt, enter, mid, with), no meio (inside, mid). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | entre (among). (various references) | |
Romanian | printre (amid, amidst, among, mongst, through), dintre (among, amongst, from), între (amid, amidst, among, amongst, from, intermediate). (various references) | |
Russian | между (among, amongst, betn between, betwixt, by and between). (various references) | |
Scottish | eadar (among, prep. between). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | među (amid, amidst, among, amongst), između (among, amongst, in between, inter). (various references) | |
Spanish | entre (amid, amidst, among, amongst, betwixt, by, in between, in the midst of, midst, within, you enter). (various references) | |
Swahili | kati ya (among). (various references) | |
Swedish | mellan (among, amongst, betwixt, medium, mid), emellan (among). (various references) | |
Tagalog | sa gitnâ (among), kasama ng (among). (various references) | |
Thai | ในระหว่างนั้น (meantime), สิ่งที่รวมกัน, อยู่ระหว่างสิ่งสองสิ่ง. (various references) | |
Turkish | ortaya, ortasında (amid, amidst, in among, in the depth of, in the middle of the, in the midst of, inter-, midst), ortada (apparent, betwixt, clear, evident, evidential, evidentiary, exposed, in between, in the middle, obvious), araya ('tween), arasinda (among), arasında (amid, amidst, among, amongst, betwixt, in the midst of, inter-, mid, 'tween), arasına (amid, amidst, among, amongst), aralarında (among them, amongst them, between them, 'tween), arada (betwixt, in between, 'tween). (various references) | |
Turkmen | planetara (r) (between planets), цzara (between two people, mutual). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | серед (amid, amidst, among, amongst, betwixt, from among, inter, midst), разом (altogether, among, amongst, as a whole, hand in hand, heave ho, in all, together), між (amid, among, amongst, betwixt, inter), проміж. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thưa thớt (scattered, sparse, thin, widely), ở giữa ở cách xa nhau. (various references) | |
Welsh | rhwng (among, betwixt). (various references) | |
Zulu | phakathi kwa- (among). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | inter. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | añtarât. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 9, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai mnhsqhsomai thV diaqhkhV mou h estin ana meson emou kai umwn kai ana meson pashV yuchV zwshV en pash sarki kai ouk estai eti to udwr eiV kataklusmon wste exaleiyai pasan sarka |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et recordabor foederis mei vobiscum et cum omni anima vivente quae carnem vegetat et non erunt ultra aquae diluvii ad delendam universam carnem |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ond ic beo gemyndig mines weddes wið eow, ðæt heononforð ne byð flod to adylgienne eall flæsc. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And I shal recorde of my couenaunt of pees that Y couenantide with you, and with alle soulis lyuynge that quikeneth flesh; and there shal be no more watris of flood to al flesh to be don awei. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And than wyll I thynke vppon my testament which I haue made betwene me and yow and all that lyveth what soeuer flesh it be. So that henceforth there shall be no more waters to make a floud to destroy all flesh. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And I will keep in mind the agreement between me and you and every living thing; and never again will there be a great flow of waters causing destruction to all flesh. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 9, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | Ug pagahinumduman ko ang akong saad, nga ania sa taliwala kanako ug kaninyo, ug sa tanan nga binuhat nga buhi sa tibook nga unod; ug ang mga tubig dili na mahimo nga lunop aron pagalaglagon ang tanan nga unod. |
| Chinese | 我 便 記 念 我 與 你 們 、 和 各 樣 有 血 肉 的 活 物 所 立 的 約 、 水 就 再 不 氾 濫 毀 壞 一 切 有 血 肉 的 物 了 。 |
| Croatian | spomenut æu se Saveza svoga, Saveza izmeðu mene i vas i stvorenja svakoga živog: potopa više neæe biti da uništi svako biæe. |
| Danish | vil jeg komme den Pagt i Hu, som består mellem mig og eder og hvert levende Væsen, det er alt Kød, og Vandet skal ikke mere blive til en Vandflod, som ødelægger alt Kød. |
| Dutch | Dan zal Ik gedenken aan Mijn verbond, hetwelk is tussen Mij en tussen u, en tussen alle levende ziel van alle vlees; en de wateren zullen niet meer wezen tot een vloed, om alle vlees te verderven. |
| Finnish | muistan minä liittoni, joka on minun ja teidän ja kaikkien elävien olentojen, kaiken lihan välillä, eikä vesi enää paisu tulvaksi hävittämään kaikkea lihaa. |
| French | et je me souviendrai de mon alliance entre moi et vous, et tous les êtres vivants, de toute chair, et les eaux ne deviendront plus un déluge pour détruire toute chair. |
| German | Alsdann will ich gedenken an meinen Bund zwischen mir und euch und allen lebendigen Seelen in allerlei Fleisch, daß nicht mehr hinfort eine Sintflut komme, die alles Fleisch verderbe. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Aku akan mengingat janji-Ku kepadamu dan kepada segala makhluk hidup, yaitu bahwa banjir tidak akan lagi membinasakan segala yang hidup. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | bahwa Aku ingat akan perjanjian-Ku yang di antara-Ku dengan kamu dan dengan segala kejadian yang hidup di antara segala yang berdaging, bahwa sekali-kali tiada lagi menjadi air bah, yang membinasakan segala keadaan yang berdaging itu. |
| Korean | 내 가 나 와 너 희 와 및 혈 기 있 는 모 든 생 물 사 이 의 내 언 약 을 기 억 하 리 니 다 시 는 물 이 모 든 혈 기 있 는 자 를 멸 하 는 홍 수 가 되 지 아 니 할 지 라 |
| Maori | A ka mahara ahau ki taku kawenata i waenganui oku, o koutou me nga mea ora katoa, ara nga kikokiko katoa; e kore nga wai e pupuke a muri ake nei hei whakangaro i nga kikokiko katoa. |
| Norwegian | da vil jeg komme i hu den pakt som er mellem mig og eder og alt levende av alt kjød, og vannet skal aldri mere bli en flom som ødelegger alt kjød. |
| Rumanian | wi Eu Kmi voi aduce aminte de legqmkntul dintre Mine wi voi wi dintre toate vieyuitoarele de orice trup; wi apele nu se vor mai face un potop, ca sq nimiceascq orice fqpturq. |
| Russian | Й с ЧУРПНОА ЪБЧЕФ нПК, ЛПФПТЩК НЕЦДХ нОПА Й НЕЦДХ ЧБНЙ Й НЕЦДХ ЧУСЛПА ДХЫЕА ЦЙЧПА ЧП ЧУСЛПК РМПФЙ; Й ОЕ ВХДЕФ ВПМЕЕ ЧПДБ РПФПРПН ОБ ЙУФТЕВМЕОЙЕ ЧУСЛПК РМПФЙ. |
| Spanish | Me acordaré de mi pacto que existe entre yo y vosotros, y todo ser viviente de toda clase, y las aguas no serán más un diluvio para destruir toda carne. |
| Swedish | skall jag tänka på det förbund som har blivit slutet mellan mig och eder, jämte alla levande varelser, vad slags kött det vara må; och vattnet skall då icke mer bliva en flod som fördärvar allt kött. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "between": betweenbrain, betweenbrains, betweenness, betweennesses, betweentimes, betweenwhiles. (additional references) | |
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"Between" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bawean, beetween, beetwen, Benteen, betoween, betwe, betwee, betweeen, betweeh, betweene, betweenm, betwene, betwine, betwqeen, beween, bewein, bewteen, biteen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "between" (pronounced butwē"n or bētwē"n) |
| 3 | -w ē" n | queen, wean. |
| 3 | -w ē" n | queen, wean. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-n-t-w" | |
-2 letters: etwee, tween. | |
-3 letters: been, beet, bene, bent, newt, teen, twee, ween, weet, went. | |
-4 letters: bee, ben, bet, ewe, neb, nee, net, new, tee, ten, tew, web, wee, wen, wet. | |
-5 letters: be, en, et, ne, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-e-n-t-w" | |
+4 letters: betweenness. | |
+5 letters: betweenbrain, betweentimes, bewilderment. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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