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Definition of Between
Be`tween´ | prep. | 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. | | 3. | Belonging in common to two; shared by both. | | 4. | Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion. | | 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. | | n. | 1. | Intermediate time or space; interval. |
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