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How to pronounce between in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms betwixt


dancing all the dances with little rest between.
Type Words
Synonyms 'tween


two houses with a tree between.

Examples of between

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Most were about areas between the state parking lots and state office buildings.
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Darren first hooked up with Journeys in the late 1990s when he was between jobs.
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Tensions between Ahmadinejad and Mottaki have been building up in recent months.
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The armrest between my window seat and the middle seat was up, so I put it down.
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I also worry that there may be unresolved feelings between Jack and his ex-wife.
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Both moguls expressed regret over the venomous culture between the two networks.
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The contrast between the old and new churches is striking, and not just in size.
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I like this idea, it shows the difference between the meanings of the two words.
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However, the parts are there for an expanded deal between the two organizations.
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More examples
  • In the interval; "dancing all the dances with little rest between"
  • In between; "two houses with a tree between"
  • Between in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series is a dimension through which dragons, watch-whers and fire lizards travel during the process of teleportation, referred to as "going between". ...
  • The Between is the first novel by writer Tananarive Due. It was nominated for the 1996 Bram Stoker Award.
  • (Betweenness) Within graph theory and network analysis, there are various measures of the centrality of a vertex within a graph that determine the relative importance of a vertex within the graph (for example, how important a person is within a social network, or, in the theory of space syntax, ...
  • (Betweens) Preadolescence is a stage of human development through childhood that occurs in a child's years before adolescence.New Oxford American Dictionary. 2nd Edition. 2005. Oxford University Press.
  • Shared in confidence; In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places); Combined (by effort or ownership); One of (representing a choice)
  • (Betweens) very tiny, short needles used in the quilting process. These are numbered with the higher numbers being the smaller needles. (i.e. #12 will be smaller than #9). A beginner should start with a larger size and work towards smaller needles.
  • (betweens) small, thin needles used for finish quilting. Sizes range from 8-12, the smaller number being a longer length needle.