What does among mean?
Definitions for among
əˈmʌŋamong
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word among.
Wiktionary
among(Preposition)
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?
Etymology: From ongemang.
among(Preposition)
Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.
He is among the few who completely understand the subject.
Etymology: From ongemang.
among(Preposition)
Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.
Lactose intolerance is common among people of Asian heritage.
Etymology: From ongemang.
Webster Dictionary
Among
alt. of Amongst
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Among
a-mung′, Amongst, a-mungst′, prep. of the number of: amidst. [A.S. on-gemang—mengan, to mingle.]
Editors Contribution
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
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'among' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #363
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'among' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2359
Anagrams for among »
mango, Mango
Mango
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of among in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of among in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of among in a Sentence
Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven: see yourself in your Father's palace; and look upon the skies, the earth, and the air as celestial joys: having such a reverend esteem of all, as if you were among the angels.
There's not any starry-eyed feeling among the group doing this, we're well aware of what the North Koreans have done in the past.
Raising awareness is a key piece of defeating the threat of opioid addiction, which too many Americans still do not fully understand. These ads are a targeted effort to promote awareness, especially among our youth, about the deadliness of opioid misuse and the risks of opioid addiction.
Risk appetite among financial investors is now likely to remain high thanks to the deal between the U.S. and China and the forthcoming end to the Brexit cliffhanger, this will also benefit the oil price.
There is a lot less interest among donors on the ideological split as there is imagining the person who is best to stand up against Trump and really take the fight to him and just beat him.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translations for among
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- من بينArabic
- meziCzech
- blandtDanish
- unterGerman
- αναμεταξύGreek
- entreSpanish
- در میانPersian
- keskuudessaFinnish
- parmiFrench
- के बीच मेंHindi
- antaraIndonesian
- traItalian
- ביןHebrew
- 中Japanese
- ನಡುವೆKannada
- 사이에Korean
- apudLatin
- tussenDutch
- blantNorwegian
- pośródPolish
- entrePortuguese
- printreRomanian
- средиRussian
- blandSwedish
- மத்தியில்Tamil
- మధ్యTelugu
- ในหมู่Thai
- arasındaTurkish
- середUkrainian
- میںUrdu
- trong sốVietnamese
- צווישןYiddish
Get even more translations for among »
Translation
Find a translation for the among definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"among." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2021. Web. 21 Jan. 2021. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/among>.