in-between

[in-bi-tween]

noun

1. a person or thing that is between two extremes, two contrasting conditions, etc..

   yeses, noes, and in-betweens; a tournament for professional, amateur, and in-between.

2. a person who handles the intermediary steps, as in a manufacturing or sales process.

adjective

1. being between one thing, condition, etc., and another.

   a coat for in-between weather.

in-between

adjective

1. intermediate

   he's at the in-between stage, neither a child nor an adult

noun

1. an intermediate person or thing

Other Word Forms

• in-betweenness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of in between¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Idioms and Phrases

In an intermediate situation, as in My roommates disagreed and I was caught in between. [Late 1500s]