Definitions for between

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between be·tween

Spelling: [bih-tween]

IPA: /bɪˈtwin/

Between is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in between (beeentw).

Definitions for between

noun

1. Usually, betweens. a short needle with a rounded eye and a sharp point, used for fine hand stitchery in heavy fabric.

Idioms

1. between ourselves, confidentially; in trust. Also, between you and me, between you, me, and the post/lamppost/gatepost/etc.
2. in between, situated in an intermediary area or on a line or imaginary line connecting two points, things, etc. in the way:

adverb

1. in the intervening space or time; in an intermediate position or relation:

preposition

1. in the space separating (two points, objects, etc.):
2. intermediate to, in time, quantity, or degree:
3. linking; connecting:
4. in portions for each of (two people):
5. among:
6. by the dual or common action or participation of:
7. distinguishing one from the other:
8. in comparing:
9. by the combined effect of.
10. existing confidentially for:
11. involving; concerning:
12. being felt jointly or reciprocated by:
13. by joint possession of:
14. Heraldry. in the midst of, so as to make a symmetrical composition:

Origin of between

before 900; Middle English betwene, Old English betwēonan, betwēonum, equivalent to be- be- + twēon- (cognate with Gothic tweihn(ai) two each) + -um dative plural endin

Examples for between

The frolic with the child seemed to have blown away a fog from between them.

Are you bi-coastal now, between Portlandia and Late Night with Seth Meyers?

Most often the children transferred to new homes were between six and 14 years old, but some were as young as 10 months.

It is true there was a fifth farm situated right in between the others.

between 25 and 30, you’re trying to decide how much longer before you start growing a beard and calling yourself ‘Daddy.

Mesopotamia, therefore, meant a stretch of land "between the rivers."

“The government just wanted to catch the big fish [in the Juarez cartel] and they ignored everything in between,” Lozoya said.

There was one difference, however, between the surprise felt by the two.

We take enough time off in between so that our batteries get recharged and we get inspired again.

between them, his days and nights were occupied to crowding.