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əˈmʌŋamong

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Wiktionary

  1. amongpreposition

    Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst)

    How can you speak with authority about their customs when you have never lived among them?

  2. amongpreposition

    Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.

    He is among the few who completely understand the subject.

  3. amongpreposition

    Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.

    Lactose intolerance is common among people of Asian heritage.

  4. Etymology: From ongemang.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Among, Amongstprep.

    Etymology: amang, gemang, Saxon.

    Amongst strawberries sow here and there some borage-seed; and you shall find the strawberries under those leaves far more large than their fellows. Francis Bacon, Natural Hist. №. 441.

    The voice of God they heard,
    Now walking in the garden, by soft winds
    Brought to their ears, while day declin’d: they heard,
    And from his presence hid themselves, among
    The thickest trees, both man and wife. Paradise Lost.

    I have then, as you see, observed the failings of many great wits amongst the moderns, who have attempted to write an epic poem. John Dryden, Juvenal, Dedicat.

    There were, among the old Roman statues, several of Venus in different postures and habits; as there are many particular figures of her made after the same design. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

ChatGPT

  1. among

    Among is a preposition that refers to being part of a group or surrounded by a particular set of things or people. It suggests the presence of multiple options, choices, or entities, with the subject being part of or in the midst of them.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Among

    alt. of Amongst

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Among

    a-mung′, Amongst, a-mungst′, prep. of the number of: amidst. [A.S. on-gemangmengan, to mingle.]

Editors Contribution

  1. among

    Relating to a group or team of people.

    There is a beautiful feeling of love, unity, solidarity and understanding among the people of the world.


    Submitted by MaryC on May 20, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Among' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #363

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Among' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2359

Anagrams for Among »

  1. mango

  2. Mango

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Among in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Among in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Among in a Sentence

  1. Terry McAuliffe:

    Donald Trump wants to win here so Donald Trump can announce for president for 2024, that’s the stakes of this election. Donald Trump wants to get Donald Trump off the mat. The strategy is simple : Opposition to Donald Trump sparked heavy turnout by Democrats during Donald Trump presidency, helping to fuel the blue wave that enabled the Democrats to convincingly win back the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterms and help propel Biden to victory over Trump in last November's election.And while he continued to hold plenty of sway over Republican voters in Virginia and nationwide as he flirts with another White House run, the final polls in the Virginia race indicated that Donald Trump remains very unpopular among Democrats and independent voters in the commonwealth.

  2. Mahmoud Daghir:

    Iraqis have long linked their life to the government and its budget, and therefore we don’t have the business mentality mainly among youths, the youths have developed an idea that a university degree automatically leads to a comfortable public sector job.

  3. Steven Hooker:

    Due to the very low levels of health-enhancing physical activity accumulated by all of the demographic subgroups within the U.S., ongoing efforts should be made to encourage physical activity among all men regardless of race or marital status.

  4. Matt Barreto:

    I think it's a much tighter contest this year than in 2016, bernie Sanders still appears to be the most popular among Latinos, but Bernie Sanders's not a runaway.

  5. Torsten Sloek:

    The cost of this approach is that market expectations become unanchored but they may view this as a small cost relative to sending strong signals ahead of a meeting where there seems to be limited consensus among( rate setting) members.

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