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/bɪˈtwiːn/ · preposition
In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.).
John stood between Amy and Mary. Let’s meet between two and three.
I want to buy one that costs somewhere between forty and fifty dollars.
The prince is here at hand, pleaſeth your Lordſhip / To meet his grace iuſt diſtance tvveene our armies.
Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
Accounts with between fifty thousand and two hundred thousand followers are considered “microinfluencers,” and tend to have higher engagement rates—that is, a larger share of their followers like, favorite, or comment on their posts—than those with millions of followers.
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She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
Use between when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Between means In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.).
Common synonyms include atween, atwix, atwixt, betwixt.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
John stood between Amy and Mary. Let’s meet between two and three.
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