amid

Middle English amidde, Old English on middan,[1] a- +‎ mid.

• 'mid, mid

• Rhymes: -ɪd
• IPA^(key): /əˈmɪd/

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amid

1. In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.

   Synonyms: amongst, among

   • 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 704:

     At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast.

   • 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 141:

     The resulting social divisions can seem so "real" and "natural" to those living amid them that there is a strong tendency to believe that they are timeless biological or scientific facts, rather than social facts that have been assembled and built up through human effort.

   • 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman‎:

     Amid all the fevered anticipation of this fixture, few would have expected to witness an aesthetically pleasing example of the beautiful game.

   • 2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC‎:

     In Osaka, the big action scenes take place with arrows as well as swords, amid glass display cases holding samurai costumes, a classic Wick setting.

• amidst

amid (plural amids)

1. Archaic form of amide.

• Dima, Madi, aim'd, diam, diam., maid

amid

1. gift

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒmid]
• Hyphenation: amid
• Rhymes: -id

ami (“what”) +‎ -d (possessive suffix)

amid

1. second-person singular single-possession possessive of ami

From German Ammonie (“Am(monie)”) + -id (“-ide”, suffix referring to a chemical compound).[1]

amid (plural amidok)

1. (chemistry) amide

• dietilamid

From the shortening of ammoniakk +‎ -id.

amid n (definite singular amidet, indefinite plural amid or amider, definite plural amida or amidene)

1. (chemistry) an amide

• karbamid

• “amid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From the shortening of ammoniakk +‎ -id.

amid n (definite singular amidet, indefinite plural amid, definite plural amida)

1. (chemistry) an amide

• karbamid

• “amid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Internationalism; ultimately from New Latin am(mōniacum) +‎ -id.[1][2] First attested in the 19th century.[3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.mit/

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• Rhymes: -amit
• Syllabification: a‧mid

amid m inan

1. (organic chemistry) amide

   amid kwasu ― acid amide

   grupa amidów ― amide group

   zawierać amid ― to contain amide

• amid in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amid”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 32

Adapted from English amide.

amid m (plural amidau)

1. (chemistry) amide[1]

• -amid (suffix denoting a specific amide)

• amin (“amine”)