in-between

[ in-bi-tween ]

/ ˌɪn bɪˈtwin /

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noun Also in-be·tween·er.

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.

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

adjective

being between one thing, condition, etc., and another: a coat for in-between weather.

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Origin of in-between

First recorded in 1805–15

OTHER WORDS FROM in-between

in-be·tween·ness, noun

Words nearby in-between

in bad faith, in-basket, inbd, in behalf of, inbeing, in-between, in-betweener, in between times, in black and white, inboard, inboard-outboard

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How to use in-between in a sentence

Fall and early summer are the ideal times to visit, in-between the bitter winters and the humidity of the hot August nights.
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I take a last longing glimpse, before facing front and reality: the desolate in-between before I see my beloved Hawaii again.
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Anything in that muddy in-between is washed from our memory.
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The U.S. has three goals vis-a-vis Iran: minimalist, maximalist and in-between.
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We can show our daughters diverse images of beautiful women: curvy, tall, short, and everything in-between.
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The picture on the screen was fuzzy and hard to see now, dimmed by the layers of rock in-between.
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And so too with the inhabitants of the red, yellow, and in-between regions.
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A grizzly may be a blond, or a brunette, or one of half a dozen in-between shades.
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As we did go along, in-between times I did look looks at Jenny Strong.
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Besides, this is just a little in-between flyer, while Im conservatively waiting for a good, legitimate opening.
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British Dictionary definitions for in-between

in-between

adjective

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

noun

an intermediate person or thing

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Other Idioms and Phrases with in-between

in between

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