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• in-between
  in-between

  noun

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

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

in-between

American  

[in-bi-tween] / ˌɪn bɪˈtwin /

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.

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adjective

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

   a coat for in-between weather.

in-between British  

adjective

1. intermediate

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

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noun

1. an intermediate person or thing

in between Idioms  

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

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Other Word Forms

• in-betweenness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of in-between

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

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in-between in between

That’s the good news, the bad news and the in-between news.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

“We are actively searching for films across all genres, from horror to comedy, to everything in-between, to champion in this new, exciting way.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

“Backrooms” is a film only a 20-year-old — someone whose existence sits smack in-between decades of uniform past and the blip of a recent few years filled with massive change — could make.

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

That in-between space is where the record comes from.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

Peaceful Sunday would come in-between when she would think long thoughts about the nasturtiums in the brown bowl and the way the horse had looked being washed while standing in sunshine and shadow.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

You allow these pauses in between the lines of dialogue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Adjusted Ebitda—or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization—is now projected to come in between $1.45 billion and $1.5 billion, compared with a previous forecast for $1.4 billion to $1.45 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

They are sticky and chewy, each bite of fruit managing to get stuck in between the tightest crevices of your teeth.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

"I probably would have had a little bit more time in between to recover, I pretty much shunned the back-to-back because we need to go back to work," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

“Leave it to me,” Llewelyn said, and hopped in between the boy and the alpaca.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova