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in-between

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.76 in modern English

Syllables
in---be-tween
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lying between; neither one thing nor the other; intermediary.

noun

An interval or intervening time.

noun

One who intervenes.

noun

Synonym of inbetweener (“a person who or thing that falls between different groups or characteristics”).

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English between English in-between From in- + between.

Inflected Forms

in-betweens (plural)

Derived Forms

inbetweening

Phrases

in-betweeny

Synonyms

interim inbetweener mediate middle

Questions

What does in-between mean?
Lying between; neither one thing nor the other; intermediary.
Where does in-between come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English between English in-between From in- + between.

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