Definitions For Among

Preposition

{{en-prep}} Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.) : {{ux, en, How can you speak with authority about their customs when you have never lived among them?}} Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group. : {{ux, en, He is among the few who completely understand the subject.}} Denotes a share, sharing of a common feature in a group. : {{ux, en, Lactose intolerance is common among people of Asian heritage.}}

Usage notes

For the comparison of among with between, see the usage notes in between. Many Americans view "amongst" as an archaic/Commonwealth variant, and use "among" exclusively.

Synonyms

amongst (variant of among) amidst amid

Translations

Arabic: بَيْنَ : Egyptian Arabic: بين (bēn, sc=Arab) Armenian: մեջ, միջև Asturian: ente Azerbaijani: arasında Belarusian: сяро́д, sc=Cyrl, памі́ж, sc=Cyrl Bengali: মাঝে Bulgarian: сред, между́ Catalan: entre Chinese: : Mandarin: 其中, tr=qízhōng, sc=Hani, 之間, sc=Hani, 之间, tr=zhījiān, sc=Hani Czech: mezi Danish: mellem, blandt Dutch: tussen, onder Egyptian: {{t-egy, mm, h=m-m}}, {{t-egy, jmjtw, h=Z11-m-Z4: -t:W}} Esperanto: inter Finnish: joukossa, keskellä, seassa French: parmi : Middle French: parmy, emmy Georgian: {{t-needed, ka}} German: unter, zwischen Greek: ανάμεσα Haitian Creole: pami Hebrew: בְּתוֹךְ (b'tokh) Hindi: के बीच में, में Hungarian: között Ido: inter Indonesian: antara, di antara, dalam, di tengah Interlingue: inter Italian: tra, fra, in mezzo a Japanese: 中, tr=なか, naka, sc=Jpan, 間, tr=あいだ, aida, sc=Jpan Khmer: នៅក្នុង (nɨv knoŋ, sc=Khmr), នៅក្នុងចំណោម (nɨv knoŋ cɑmnaom, sc=Khmr) Korean: 가운데, tr=gaunde-e, alt=가운데에, 속, tr=sog-e, alt=속에 Kurdish: : Sorani: نێوان Latvian: starp, vidū Low German: : German Low German: mang, mank Macedonian: меѓу, sc=Cyrl, помеѓу, sc=Cyrl Malay: dalam kalangan Maltese: fost Mongolian: дунд, дотор Navajo: atah Norman: parmi Norwegian: blant, mellom Old English: mid, betweox Old Saxon: gimang, an gimang Persian: در میان (dar miyân-e, sc=fa-Arab) Polish: wśród, pośród, między, pomiędzy Portuguese: entre Romanian: între, printre Russian: среди́ / средь (+ genitive case), ме́жду Scots: amang Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: међу, sc=Cyrl : Roman: među Slovak: medzi Slovene: med Spanish: entre Swahili: miongoni mwa Swedish: bland Thai: {{t-needed, th}} Turkish: {{t-needed, tr}} Ukrainian: сере́д, sc=Cyrl, між, sc=Cyrl Vietnamese: trong số Zazaki: myan Finnish: kuulua {{qualifier, verb, to be among}}, joukossa German: untereinander

See also

between

Alternative forms

amonge {{qualifier, archaic}} amoung {{qualifier, obsolete}}

Etymology

from middle english among, amang, amonge, amange, from {{inh + en + ang + amang}}, onġemang, equivalent to a + mong + t2=crowd; group; throng. compare dialectal {{cog + de + mang}}, {{cog + stq + monk}}, monken + + among.

Anagrams

Gamon, Mogan, ang mo, goman, mango, ngoma

Is Among a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
11

The word Among is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Among in a Sentence

  • The disease spread quickly among the members of the community.
  • The house is nestled among the trees.
  • The ball was hidden among the leaves.

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