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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

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz answer listeners’ questions of all kinds: the political, the personal, and everything in-between.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

And then, of course, there are the quieter in-between moments: chicken salad for lunch, tucked into bread or eaten standing at the counter; dumplings or quick soups that come together almost without thinking.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

Architects, I’m told, are obsessed with the idea of thresholds — corners, crossings, the in-between.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

Our lives are composed of meetings and partings, with brief, bright acquaintances in-between.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

The hand-spun yarn dyed in natural colours is woven on handlooms, packing in between 300 and several thousand knots per square inch, depending on the intricacy of the design.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

All-Star closer Edwin Díaz has blown four saves while saving just seven games this season in between stints on the injured list — Tucker and Díaz, insult to injury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Home with his mother before school, he was drafting a note to a teacher about a bad grade, and in between, he tapped out a few jokes and deleted each one.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

Adjusted operating margin is now expected to come in between 12.7% and 13.5%, compared with a preliminary outlook of 12.5% to 13%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

He noticed it in between thinking of who could possibly replace him.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young