between
between is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as preposition, noun, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- preposition. In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.
- preposition. Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two.
- preposition. Belonging in common to two; shared by both.
- preposition. Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion.
- preposition. 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.
- preposition. In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.
- noun. Intermediate time or space; interval.
- adverb. in between
"two houses with a tree between"
- adverb. in the interval
"dancing all the dances with little rest between"
Synonyms
Common word forms
betweens, betweenity, betweenness
Words from these letters
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