among

• amonge (archaic)
• amoung (obsolete)

From Middle English among, amang, amonge, amange, from Old English amang, onġemang, equivalent to a- +‎ mong (“crowd; group; throng”). Compare dialectal German mang, Saterland Frisian monk, monken (“among”).

• IPA^(key): /əˈmʌŋ/

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• Hyphenation: a‧mong
• Rhymes: -ʌŋ

among

1. Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)

   How can you speak with authority about their customs when you have never lived among them?

2. Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.
   • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.

   He is among the few who completely understand the subject.

3. Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 1:1:

     Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us […]

   Lactose intolerance is common among people of Asian heritage.

• For the comparison of among with between, see the usage notes in between.
• Many Americans view "amongst" as an archaic/Commonwealth variant, and use "among" exclusively.

• amongst (variant of among)
• amidst
• amid

• between

• Gamon, Mogan, ang mo, goman, mango, ngoma

• Hyphenation: a‧mong

among

1. To be made or become a collateral damage.
2. To implicate; to connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something.
3. To drag in.

among

1. party; banquet

among

1. (colloquial) priest (commonly used with respect)

among

1. fish