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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

Throughout his career, Neill pitted himself against creatures both real and imagined — or, even more often, somewhere in-between — to reveal humanity’s foibles in the face of the freakish and fantastic.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 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

"AI usage is not a binary position between 'entirely authentically handmade' and 'fully AI generated' but can have lots of in-between cases," he said.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

These in-between places are scary, but then again, I understand that nothing is ever certain.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

The three Saturdays in between all host Wales rugby internationals.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

I think we only had a couple days in between bookings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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

The initial result is based on responses that came in between June 23 and July 13.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

“Probably because we’re not really witches, and not Forever Witchlings either. We’re somewhere in between till the task gets solved. We’re the only ones in this state of magic.”

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega