Amid

  • 21amid — or amidst preposition Etymology: amid from Middle English amidde, from Old English onmiddan, from on + middan, dative of midde mid; amidst from Middle English amiddes, from amidde + es s Date: before 12th century 1. in or into the middle of …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 22amid — a|mid [əˈmıd] prep [: Old English; Origin: onmiddan in the middle ] 1.) while noisy, busy, or confused events are happening used in writing or news reports ▪ The dollar has fallen in value amid rumors of weakness in the US economy. ▪… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23Amid — Das Wort Amid bezeichnet die persische Stadt Amid (Persien) die türkische Stadt Diyarbakır (Türkei) die chemische Stoffgruppe der Amide Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort beze …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 24amid —  , among  Among applies to things that can be separated and counted, amid to things that cannot. Rescuers might search among survivors, but amid wreckage …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 25amid — also amidst preposition 1 happening while noisy, busy, or confused events are also happening: The dollar has fallen in value amid rumors of weakness in the US economy. 2 especially literary among or surrounded by: old gabled houses peeped out… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26amid — preposition 1) the jeep was concealed amid pine trees Syn: in the middle of, surrounded by, among, amongst; literary amidst, in the midst of 2) the truce collapsed amid fears of a revolt Syn: at a time of, in an atmosphere of, against a… …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 27amid — /euh mid /, prep. 1. in the middle of; surrounded by; among: to stand weeping amid the ruins. 2. during; in or throughout the course of. Also, amidst. [bef. 1000; ME amidde, OE amiddan, for on middan in (the) middle. See A 1, MID1] Syn. 1. See… …

    Universalium

  • 28amid — I amid, amidst (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) prep. among, midst, mid. See mixture. II (Roget s IV) prep. Syn. between, in the midst of, in the middle of; see among . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) prep. amidst, among …

    English dictionary for students

  • 29Amid — A|mid 〈n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: e; Chemie〉 Derivat organ. Säuren, bei dem die Hydroxylgruppe der Carboxylgruppe durch eine Aminogruppe ersetzt ist, z. B. AcetAmid [Etym.: verkürzt <Ammoniak + …id] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 30amíd — a m (ȋ) kem. spojina, dobljena z nadomestitvijo vodikovega atoma v amoniaku s kovino ali z ostankom organske kisline: natrijev amid; amidi organskih kislin …

    Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika

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