Meanings
alternative in-between
- not comparableBetween them.
1 more example
Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36
Origin
Univerbation of in + between, perhaps in imitation of similar phrases as in the middle of, in the midst of, etc.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَيْن, فِي مَا بَيْن
- بَيْن (bayn)between
- فِي مَا بَيْن (fī mā bayn)in the space between
Dutch tussenin, tussenin
- tusseninbetween (adverbially)
- tusseninbetween
Finnish välissä, välissä
- välissäbetween
- välissäin the space between
French entre
- entrebetween
German dazwischen, zwischen
- dazwischenbetween (adverbially)
- zwischenbetween
- zwischenin the space between
Icelandic í milli, í milli
- í millibetween (adverbially)
- í millibetween
Norwegian Bokmål innimellom
- innimellomin the space between
Polish pomiędzy, pomiędzy
- pomiędzybetween (adverbially)
- pomiędzybetween
- międzybetween
- pomiędzyin the space between
- międzyin the space between
Portuguese entre
- entrebetween
Spanish entre
- entrebetween
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with in between
Cite this entry
in between. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20between
“in between.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20between. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in between,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20between.
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