1. (n.) The interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest.
2. (n.) Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs.
3. (prep.) In the midst of; amidst.
4. (adv.) In the middle.
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amid, amidst, among, amongst, between, betwixt, betwixt and between, center, core, diameter, diaphragm, equator, heart, interior, kernel, mean, median, mid, middle, midmost, midpoint, midriff, nucleus, over, thick, thick of things, throughout, together with, waist, waistline, with, zone
