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rank|another|right|each|173|between|face|tell|because

Pronunciation
Image:Entre.PNG|thumb|between
IPA|/bɪ�twi�n/, SAMPA|/bI"twi:n/
audio|en-us-between.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: be·tween

Etymology
Old English betw�onum

Preposition
between

1. In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See the Usage notes below.)

#: John stood between Amy and Mary.
#: Let's meet between two and three.
#: I want to buy one that costs somewhere between forty and fifty dollars.

1. <!--DefB-->Shared in confidence.

#: Between you and me, I think the boss is crazy.
#: Let's keep this between ourselves.

1. <!--DefC-->In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places).

#: He's between jobs right now.
#: The shuttle runs between the town and the airport.

1. <!--DefD-->Combined (by effort or ownership).

#: Between us all, we shall succeed.
#: We've only got £5 between us.

1. <!--DefE-->One of (representing a choice).

#: You must choose between him and me.

Usage notes
Some usage guides claim that Between is correctly used when applied to two things, and that for more than two things, among should be used instead. However, the OED writes, "V. 19. In all senses, between has been, from its earliest appearance, extended to more than two...it is still the only word available to express the relation of a thing to many surrounding things severally and individually, among expressing a relation to them collectively and vaguely: we should not say �the space lying among the three points,� or �a treaty among three powers,� or �the choice lies among the three candidates in the select list,� or �to insert a needle among the closed petals of a flower.�"

See also
betwixt

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section
<!--DefA-->trans-top|in the position or interval that separates two things
Arabic: ARchar|ب�� (bayna)
Czech: mezi
Danish: mellem
Dutch: tussen
Esperanto: inter
Finnish: välissä, keskellä
French: entre
Frisian: tusken
German: zwischen
Hebrew: ��� (bein)
trans-mid
Ido: inter
Italian: tra, fra
Japanese: � (���, aida)
Latin: inter
Persian: FAchar|ا�در (andar)
Polish: pomi�dzy, mi�dzy
Portuguese: entre
Romanian: între
Russian: межд� (méždu), по��еди (posredí)
Spanish: entre
Swedish: mellan
Welsh: rhwng
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<!--DefB-->trans-top|shared in confidence by
Danish: mellem, imellem
Dutch: onder ons gezegd en gezwegen
Esperanto: inter
Finnish: kesken
trans-mid
French: entre
Kurdish: KUchar|��� ���ا�
Polish: mi�dzy
Portuguese: entre
Russian: ��еди (sredí)
Swedish: mellan
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<!--DefC-->trans-top|in transit from one to the other
Danish: mellem
Dutch: tussen
Finnish: välissä, välillä
Frisian: tusken
German: zwischen
trans-mid
Hebrew: ��� (bein)
Ido: inter
Polish: mi�dzy, pomi�dzy
Portuguese: entre
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<!--DefD-->trans-top|combined by effort or ownership
Danish: tilsammen, ved fælles hjælp, i forening
Dutch: onder
trans-mid
Finnish: kesken, yhteensä
Portuguese: entre
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<!--DefE-->trans-top|one of, representing a choice
Danish: mellem
Dutch: tussen
Finnish: väliltä, can be expressed by the elative case (-sta/-stä)
Frisian: tusken
German: zwischen
trans-mid
Hebrew: ��� (bein)
Ido: inter
Korean: �� (sai)
Polish: pomi�dzy, mi�dzy
Portuguese: entre
Swedish: mellan
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Breton: etre
ttbc|Bulgarian: межд� (méždu)
ttbc|Indonesian: antara
ttbc|Romanian: între

Category:200 English basic words
Category:English prepositions

ar:between
de:between
el:between
fr:between
gl:between
ko:between
hy:between
io:between
it:between
kk:between
hu:between
ja:between
pl:between
pt:between
simple:between
fi:between
ta:between
te:between
vi:between
tr:between
uk:between
zh:between

• 2007-12-23 12:47 - Daniel Polansky - /* Translations */ +Czech

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