HOW TO PRONOUNCE
among
/əˈmʌŋ/
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Contrast a light opening with a strong second vowel.
The first vowel is schwa and the second is the stressed vowel in cup. Finish with ng, the sound in sing, without a separate hard g.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“She found the letter among her papers.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does among mean?
preposition
- Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).
- Associated with or living alongside (other people or things).
- Belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things).
More meanings (10)
preposition
- Distinct in some way from (other members of a group); specifically, superior or pre-eminent compared to (other members of a group).
- Originally, in the course of; during; now, in the circumstances or context of.
- Distributed or divided between (members of a group).
- Done jointly by (two or more people).
- In the general custom or opinion of (members of a group).
- Occurring between (members of a group) or within (a group).
adverb
- (obsolete) Along with (someone or something); together.
- (obsolete) At the same time, all the while, meanwhile.
- (obsolete) In addition, beside.
- (obsolete) Chiefly with contrasting adjectives or adverbs: from time to time, now and then; also, here and there.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈmʌŋ/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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So the boat was left to drift down the stream as it would, till it glided gently in among the waving rushes.
One of the weak sides of republics, among their numerous advantages, is that they afford too easy an inlet to foreign corruption.
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I have no language to express the high excitement and deep anxiety which were felt among us poor slaves during this time.
He left the room, ran across two or three fields towards the flock, got upon a hedge, and looked over among them.
I cried in cold horror, something of Terry’s feeling creeping over me, that there must be something wrong among these many virtues.