preposition
1 surrounded by sb/sth; in the middle of sb/sth:
a house among the trees * They strolled among the crowds. * I found the letter amongst his papers. * It's OK, you're among friends now.
2 being included or happening in groups of things or people:
A British woman was among the survivors. * He was among the last to leave. * This attitude is common among the under-25s. * 'What was wrong with the job?' 'Well, the pay wasn't good, among other things. * Discuss it among yourselves first (= with each other).
3 used when you are dividing or choosing sth, and three or more people or things are involved:
They divided the money up among the children.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for among is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does among appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — among appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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