Definition of between Between

/bɪtwiˈn/ - [bitween] - be•tween

We found 13 definitions of between from 5 different sources.

What does between mean?

Adverb
between - in between; "two houses with a tree between"
		'tween
between - in the interval; "dancing all the dances with little rest between"
		betwixt

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between (prep.)
In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.
between (prep.)
Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two.
between (prep.)
Belonging in common to two; shared by both.
between (prep.)
Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion.
between (prep.)
With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations.
between (prep.)
In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.
between (n.)
Intermediate time or space; interval.

between
In the location or interval between two or among more objects, sides.
between
In the position or interval that separates two things.

between
be-twēn′, Betwixt, be-twikst′, prep. in the middle of two, of space, time, or degree: in the middle or intermediate space, to defend or separate: expressing reciprocal relation from one to another: by the joint action of two or more persons.—ns. Between′-decks, the space between any two decks of a ship; Between′ity (rare), state of being between.—prep. Between′-whiles, at intervals.—Between ourselves, in confidence; Betwixt and between, in a middling position.—To go between, to act as a mediator. [A.S. betwéonum betweónan—be, and twegen, twa, two, twain.]

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