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

That in-between space is where the record comes from.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"There were moments people didn't understand... every step, story and silence in-between brought me to this moment," the Surrey-born rapper said while accepting the award.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

The space for knowledge and intrigue — for the excitement of vast human opinion — exists in the in-between.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

Her team directly tested those "in-between" stretches in human astrocytes and showed which enhancers truly control key brain genes.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2025

“That’s usually where you find most entrances to the Otherworld. You have to look and not look. You have to believe and not believe. It’s an in-between thing.”

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi