{
    "term": "midst",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the middle part of something",
            "sensetop": "in the midst of somethingfrom the midst of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Such beauty was unexpected in the midst of the city.",
                    "contextForm": "in the midst of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The house is set in the midst of large gardens."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She appeared from the midst of the crowd.",
                    "contextForm": "from the midst of something"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "middle"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "among or with them/us/it/you",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There is a traitor in our midst."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "while something is happening or being done; while you are doing something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a country in the midst of a recession"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She discovered it in the midst of sorting out her father's things."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She alone remained calm in the midst of all the confusion."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɪdst/",
                "audio": "mi/midst/midst__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɪdst/",
                "audio": "mi/midst/midst__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from in middes ‘in the middle’."
}