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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "midst",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the middle part of something",
"sensetop": "in the midst of somethingfrom the midst of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Such beauty was unexpected in the midst of the city.",
"contextForm": "in the midst of something"
},
{
"text": "The house is set in the midst of large gardens."
},
{
"text": "She appeared from the midst of the crowd.",
"contextForm": "from the midst of something"
}
],
"synonyms": "middle"
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "among or with them/us/it/you",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There is a traitor in our midst."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "while something is happening or being done; while you are doing something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a country in the midst of a recession"
},
{
"text": "She discovered it in the midst of sorting out her father's things."
},
{
"text": "She alone remained calm in the midst of all the confusion."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/mɪdst/",
"audio": "mi/midst/midst__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/mɪdst/",
"audio": "mi/midst/midst__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from in middes ‘in the middle’."
}