amongst
pronunciation
How to pronounce amongst in British English:
UK [əˈmʌŋst]
How to pronounce amongst in American English:
US [əˈmʌŋst]
Word Origin
- amongst (prep.)
- mid-13c., amonges, from among with adverbial genitive. Parasitic -t first attested 16c. (see amidst). It is well established in the south of England, but not much heard in the north. By similar evolutions, alongst also existed in Middle English.
Example
- 1. Thanks to open source , dynamic languages like php are freely distributed amongst web developers .
- 2. In amongst personal information , advertisements are more likely to strike a jarring note .
- 3. Perpetual thrust and parry amongst exchanges has occurred in every major financial jurisdiction .
- 4. I ask the expert amongst us .
- 5. We live amongst 200 billion stars , in the milky way galaxy , a vast cosmic city .