Definition of "midst" []

• The middle position or part; the center: in the midst of the desert. (noun)
• A position of proximity to others: a stranger in our midst. (noun)
• The condition of being surrounded or beset by something: in the midst of all of our problems. (noun)
• A period of time approximately in the middle of a continuing condition or act: in the midst of the war. (noun)
• Among; amid. (preposition)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "In our midst is a rare individual who knows how to get things done."
• "To all of them, the removal of poverty from among their midst is a categorical imperative from which their governments and their leaders cannot escape."
• "But to accentuate the medievalisms in our midst is as deluding as trying to keep our Royal Mounted an army of lyrical "RoseMaries"."