Definition of Between

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Between

In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.

Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two.

Belonging in common to two; shared by both.

Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion.

With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations.

In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.

Intermediate time or space; interval.

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Between Quotations

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.
Mother Teresa

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?
Buddha

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it.
Thomas Jefferson

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
Maya Angelou

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.
Maya Angelou

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
Maya Angelou

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
Albert Einstein

The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
Albert Einstein

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
Albert Einstein

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.
Marilyn Monroe

Between Translations

between in Afrikaans is tussen
between in Danish is mellem
between in Dutch is tussen, onder
between in Finnish is kesken
between in French is incident, parmi, entre
between in German is unter
between in Latin is inter
between in Norwegian is imellom
between in Portuguese is entre
between in Spanish is entre
between in Swedish is mellan, emellan

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