between
preposition, adverb (TIME) /bɪˈtwiːn/ (also in between)Definition
A1 in the period of time that separates two different times or events: You shouldn't eat between meals. There is a break of ten minutes between classes. The shop is closed for lunch between 12.30 and 1.30. In between sobs, he managed to tell them what had happened. He visits his parents every month and sometimes in between.Between
(Definition of between prepositionadverb (TIME) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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between preposition (OPPOSING)
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between preposition (SEPARATING)
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between preposition (SHARED)
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between preposition, adverb (AMOUNT)
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between preposition, adverb (SPACE)
- between preposition, adverb (TIME)
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between times idiom
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between you and me idiom
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between you, me, and the bedpost idiom
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between you, me, and the gatepost idiom
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betwixt
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Synonyms and related words:
- 'twixt preposition
- amid preposition
- among preposition
- between preposition (CONNECTING)
- between preposition (SEPARATING)
- between preposition, adverb (AMOUNT)
- between preposition, adverb (SPACE)
- between times idiom
- betwixt
- halfway adjective, adverb
- in preposition (DURING)
- in-between adjective
- inter- prefix
- intermediate adjective
- intervening adjective
- mid preposition
- midst noun
- midst preposition
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