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between
between, among are comparable when they take as object two or more persons or things and indicate their relation (as in position, in a distribution, or in participation).
Between in its basic sense applies to only two objects
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between Scylla and Charybdis

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between two fires

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When this word is used of more than two objects, it brings them severally and individually into the relation expressed
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a treaty between three powers

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the three survivors had but one pair of shoes between them

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I hope that between public business, improving studies, and domestic pleasures, neither melancholy nor caprice will find any place for entrance— Johnson

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Among always implies more than two objects which it brings less definitely into the relation expressed
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among so many candidates one must find a good one

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among the survivors were two boys

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five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?— Jn 6:9

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  • Between — Be*tween , prep. [OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS. betwe[ o]nan, betwe[ o]num; prefix be by + a form fr. AS. tw[=a] two, akin to Goth. tweihnai two apiece. See {Twain}, and cf. {Atween}, {Betwixt}.] 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Between C & D — (1983 1990) was a Lower East Side quarterly literary magazine edited by Joel Rose and Catherine Texier. Though a geographical reference from New York City, Between C D has also been suggested to mean between coke and dope , giving an indication… …   Wikipedia

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  • between — index among, intermediate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • between — betweenness, n. /bi tween /, prep. 1. in the space separating (two points, objects, etc.): between New York and Chicago. 2. intermediate to, in time, quantity, or degree: between twelve and one o clock; between 50 and 60 apples; between pink and… …   Universalium

  • between — be|tween W1S1 [bıˈtwi:n] adv, prep [: Old English; Origin: betweonum] 1.) also in between in or through the space that separates two things, people, or places ▪ I sat down between Sue and Jane. ▪ a house and stables with a yard in between ▪ The… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • between — be|tween [ bı twin ] function word *** Between can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): the distance between two places as an adverb (without a following noun): two classes with a short break between 1. ) with… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • between — I. preposition Etymology: Middle English betwene, preposition & adverb, from Old English betwēonum, from be + twēonum (dative plural) (akin to Gothic tweihnai two each); akin to Old English twā two Date: before 12th century 1. a. by the common… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • between — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) In the space separating two things Nouns 1. (act of lying between) interjacence, intervenience, interlocation, interpenetration; interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation; …   English dictionary for students

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