English Dictionary: 'Between | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for 'Between | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Between \Be*tween"\, n. Intermediate time or space; interval. [Poetic & R.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Between \Be*tween"\, prep. [OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS. betwe[a2]nan, betwe[a2]num; prefix be- by + a form fr. AS. tw[be] two, akin to Goth. tweihnai two apiece. See {Twain}, and cf. {Atween}, {Betwixt}.] 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia. 2. Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two. If things should go so between them. --Bacon. 3. Belonging in common to two; shared by both. Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them. --Locke. 4. Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion. An intestine struggle, open or secret, between authority and liberty. --Hume. 5. With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations. 6. In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock. {Between decks}, the space, or in the space, between the decks of a vessel. {Between ourselves}, {Between you and me}, {Between themselves}, in confidence; with the understanding that the matter is not to be communicated to others. Syn: {Between}, {Among}. Usage: Between etymologically indicates only two; as, a quarrel between two men or two nations; to be between two fires, etc. It is however extended to more than two in expressing a certain relation. I . . . hope that between public business, improving studies, and domestic pleasures, neither melancholy nor caprice will find any place for entrance. --Johnson. Among implies a mass or collection of things or persons, and always supposes more than two; as, the prize money was equally divided among the ship's crew. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Between, GA (town, FIPS 7640) Location: 33.81305 N, 83.80891 W Population (1990): 82 (36 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) |