AMONG Definition & Meaning

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among

[ uh-muhng ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

preposition

in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
He was among friends.
in the midst of, so as to influence:
missionary work among the local people.
with a share for each of:
Divide the cigars among you.
in the number, class, or group of; of or out of:
That is among the things we must do.
by all or with the whole of; by most or with many of:
popular among the people.
by the joint or reciprocal action of:
Settle it among yourselves.
each with the other; mutually:
They quarreled among themselves.
familiar to or characteristic of:
a proverb among the Spanish.

among

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preposition

in the midst of
he lived among the Indians
to each of
divide the reward among yourselves
in the group, class, or number of
ranked among the greatest writers
taken out of (a group)
he is only one among many
with one another within a group; by the joint action of
decide it among yourselves
a lot of gossip among the women employees

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of among¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English amang, onmang for on gemang, on gemonge (dative singular of gemong “crowd,” akin to mengan “to mix”) “in (the) group (of)”; akin to mingle

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of among¹

Old English amang, contracted from on gemang in the group of, from on + gemang crowd; see mingle , mongrel

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Gaitok wins Mook’s heart by identifying Valentin as one of the robbers, securing his place among the detail of bodyguards to arrest the thieves.

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But among his supporters, his ongoing legal troubles have only further buttressed the image of a wronged saviour.

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Kim, 28, is among a contingent of young men who have become the new faces of South Korea's right-wing.

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Kim Sang-wook, another PPP lawmaker who has emerged as a prominent anti-Yoon voice among conservatives, said he was pressured to leave the party after supporting Yoon's impeachment.

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After the Democratic Party won at the polls by a landslide last April, some of these channels claimed that Yoon was a victim of electoral interference led by China, and that North Korea sympathisers lurking among the opposition were behind the ruling party's defeat.

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