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Definition: In-between |
In-betweenAdjective1. Being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series; "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "in-between" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1947. (references) |
Synonyms: In-betweenSynonyms: mediate (adj), middle (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: In-between |
| English words defined with "in-between": mediate, middle. (references) |
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "In-between" is generally used as a preposition (except "of") -- approximately 87.10% of the time. "In-between" is used about 31 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") | 87.1% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Adverb (prepositional) | 12.9% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 31 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "in-between": in-between-election-activity. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "in-between"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zwischenstadium (in-between stage, intermediate phase, limbo), schwebezustand (in-between state, state of suspense), übergangswetter (in-between weather). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 物越し (with something in-between). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | もの"し (bearing, demeanour, manner, with something in-between). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | in-betweenay genomgångsrum (in-between room, room access to another). (various references) อยู่ระหว่าง, ซึ่งอยู่ระหว่าง, คนหรือสิ่งที่อยู่ระหว่างกลาง. (various references) người nửa nọ nửa kia, người ở giữa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-i-n-n-t-w" | |
-2 letters: between, entwine. | |
-3 letters: bennet, newbie, weenie. | |
-4 letters: benne, benni, etwee, newie, tween, twine. | |
-5 letters: been, beet, bene, bent, bine, bint, bite, nene, newt, nine, nite, teen, tine, twee, twin, ween, weet, went, wine, wite. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-e-i-n-n-t-w" | |
+3 letters: betweenbrain. | |
+4 letters: betweenbrains. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 2D 62 65 74 77 65 65 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 00101101 01100010 01100101 01110100 01110111 01100101 01100101 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n - b e t w e e n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 002D 0062 0065 0074 0077 0065 0065 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43801568718689717180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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