Definition of between

• prep. - In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.
• prep. - Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two.
• prep. - Belonging in common to two; shared by both.
• prep. - Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion.
• prep. - 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.
• prep. - In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.
• n. - Intermediate time or space; interval.
• prep. - In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.
• prep. - Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two.
• prep. - Belonging in common to two; shared by both.
• prep. - Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion.
• prep. - 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.
• prep. - In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.
• n. - Intermediate time or space; interval.