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a·mong [ ə múng ] or a·mongst [ ə múngst ] CORE MEANING: a preposition indicating that something or somebody is surrounded by people, things, ideas, or circumstances
 You're among friends here. |
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1. of group: belonging to a particular group or class
Her carvings are among the world's finest.
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2. in group: in or by a particular group
a widely-held notion among physicists
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3. between group members: by, between, or to each person or thing in a group
divided among six of us
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4. in addition to: in addition to other things or people
The photos showed, among other things, a birthday party.
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| [ Old English on (ge)mong< on "in" + (ge)mong "crowd" < Indo-European] |
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