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preposition · adverbA2

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preposition

amongeamoung

1.
Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).
to put the cat among the pigeons
2.
Of an event or a fact.

Trạng từ

adverb

1.
(obsolete)Along with (someone or something); together.
2.
(obsolete)At the same time, all the while, meanwhile.
3.
(obsolete)In addition, beside.
4.
(obsolete)Chiefly with contrasting adjectives or adverbs: from time to time, now and then; also, here and there.

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Đồng nghĩa

amidamidstamongst

Cùng gốc / liên quan

between within

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro The preposition is derived from Middle English among, amang, amange, amonge (in the presence of, amid, among; in, within; between; during), from Old English amang, onġemang, from on (on, among, in) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (on, onto)) + ġemang (crowd; mixture) (from ġe- (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (beside, by; near;