how to pronounce midst

/mɪdst/

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midst is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of midst in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… construction industry in the midst of a …”

meanings of midst

noun:

A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location.

preposition:

Among, in the middle of; amid.

midst frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word midst occurs in english on average 6.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics midst can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that midst can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;