Between
preposition
In the middle of two points, objects, or places.
The bank is between the bakery and the grocery store
Often appears as...
- sit between
- located between
preposition
Indicates a range or a period of time or amount.
The office hours are between 9 am and 5 pm
Often appears as...
- between hours
- between years
preposition
To show a choice or comparison.
You have to choose between the two options
Often appears as...
- choose between
- distinguish between
preposition
Indicates a secret or confidential discussion.
This conversation should stay between us
Often appears as...
- between us
- secret between
adverb
In an intermediate space or period of time.
The bus runs every hour, with extra services in between
Often appears as...
- rest between
- spaced between
preposition
In the middle of two points, objects, or places.
The bank is between the bakery and the grocery store
Often appears as...
- sit between
- located between
preposition
Indicates a range or a period of time or amount.
The office hours are between 9 am and 5 pm
Often appears as...
- between hours
- between years
preposition
To show a choice or comparison.
You have to choose between the two options
Often appears as...
- choose between
- distinguish between
preposition
Indicates a secret or confidential discussion.
This conversation should stay between us
Often appears as...
- between us
- secret between
adverb
In an intermediate space or period of time.
The bus runs every hour, with extra services in between
Often appears as...
- rest between
- spaced between
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Proximity
Use 'between' to describe something positioned at an equal distance from two objects.
She sat between Tom and Jerry at the cinema.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Visible
'Between' implies a relationship even if there's no clear physical space.
The treaty was signed between the two countries.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Proximity
Use 'between' to describe something positioned at an equal distance from two objects.
She sat between Tom and Jerry at the cinema.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Visible
'Between' implies a relationship even if there's no clear physical space.
The treaty was signed between the two countries.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Proximity
Use 'between' to describe something positioned at an equal distance from two objects.
She sat between Tom and Jerry at the cinema.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Visible
'Between' implies a relationship even if there's no clear physical space.
The treaty was signed between the two countries.
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10 TOP Natural History...
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Puma Mothers in Savage...
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Joe Exotic and the Tiger...
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The benefits of a...
And while a more recent study did show that reaction times and errors increase for some bilingual students in cross-language tests, it also showed that the effort and attention needed to switch between languages triggered more activity in, and potentially strengthened, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.
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The five major world...
In a flash, he realized that looking for answers at the extremes was a mistake. The middle way between luxury and poverty seemed wisest. And while meditating under a bodhi tree, the rest of the answer came to him. All of life abounds with suffering. It's caused by selfish craving
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
The vast majority of people that I actually work with are not at all chronic philanderers. They are often people who are deeply monogamous in their beliefs, and at least for their partner. But they find themselves in a conflict between their values and their behavior.
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Why don't perpetual...
it could sustain life indefinitely. There's just one problem. They don't work. Ideas for perpetual motion machines all violate one or more fundamental laws of thermodynamics, the branch of physics that describes the relationship between different forms of energy.
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Questions No One Knows...
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Video examples
Debunking the myths of...
a neurotransmitter that communicates between brain structures and helps regulate vital processes, such as mood, aggression, impulse control, sleep, appetite, body temperature and pain.
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How to deal with...
detachment it means distinguishing between the world of the gas lighter and the real world so you can let people have their alternative facts you'll stick to
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10 TOP Natural History...
the feistiest penguin in the world he fearlessly puts himself between the chicks and the petrol even petrols don't mess with the deli's
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Puma Mothers in Savage...
Fights as violent as this between females are rare.
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American Singer
If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.
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I have drawn a clear line between my personal and professional life.
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Greek Philosopher
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
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We wanted to draw a line between public life and private life.
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Florence Pugh
English Actress
Sometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
In the fight between you and the world, back the world.
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John Layfield
American Businessman
I draw the line between me and my character.
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Michael Jackson
American Singer
If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
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Jen Lancaster
American Author
Unless 'Wii Fit' stops acting like a mean girl, it's over between us forever.
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Karthi
Indian Actor
I have drawn a clear line between my personal and professional life.
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Diogenes
Greek Philosopher
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
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Lady Gaga
American Singer
I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times.
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Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
We wanted to draw a line between public life and private life.
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Florence Pugh
English Actress
Sometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
In the fight between you and the world, back the world.
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John Layfield
American Businessman
I draw the line between me and my character.
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