among

also a.mongst preposition

1 in the middle of: The girl quickly disappeared among the crowd. | I could hear voices coming from somewhere among the bushes.

-see between 1

2 among friends/strangers with people who are your friends or who you do not know: Jim relaxed, knowing he was among friends.

3 through or between: We walked among the chestnut woods on the mountain slopes. | She began rummaging among the books on her desk.

4 used to say that something such as a feeling or disease affects many people in a particular group, or that many people in a group have the same opinion: There is widespread concern among scientists about the long-term consequences of storing nuclear waste underground. | 7,000 job losses among railway workers

5 used when talking about a particular person or thing in a group of people or things: She was the eldest among them. | Innocent civilians were among the casualties. | My grandfather had among his possessions a portrait by Matisse.

6 among other used to say that you are only mentioning one or two people or things out of a much larger group: among other things: At the meeting they discussed, among other things, recent events in Eastern Europe.

7 if something is divided or shared among a group of people, each is given a part of it

8 talk/quarrel among yourselves to talk or quarrel with other people: Talk among yourselves for a while, I'll be ready soon.