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among

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.


preposition 
Definition:
 
1. of group: belonging to a particular group or class
Her carvings are among the world's finest.

2. in group: in or by a particular group
a widely-held notion among physicists

3. between group members: by, between, or to each person or thing in a group
divided among six of us

4. in addition to: in addition to other things or people
The photos showed, among other things, a birthday party.

[ Old English on (ge)mong< on "in" + (ge)mong "crowd" < Indo-European]

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