- the position of anything surrounded by other things or parts, or occurring in the middle of a period of time, course of action, etc.: a familiar face in the midst of the crowd;in the midst of the performance.
- the middle point, part, or stage: We arrived in the midst of a storm.
- in the midst of or among us (you, them): To think there was a spy in our midst!
- surrounded or enveloped by; at a point during, esp a climactic one
- among us
- the centre
- poetic See amid
