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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Between \Be*tween"\, prep. [OE. bytwene bitweonen AS betwe['o]nan, betwe['o]num; prefix be- by + a form fr AS tw[=a] 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Between \Be*tween"\, n. Intermediate time or space; interval. [Poetic & R.] --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: between adv 1: in the interval; "dancing all the dances with little rest between" [syn: {betwixt}] 2: in between; "two houses with a tree between" [syn: {'tween}] 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: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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