between

between is a Preposition

Definition:

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

[2] Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two. If things should go so between them. Bacon.

[3] Belonging in common to two; shared by both. Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them. Locke.

[4] Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion. An intestine struggle, open or secret, between authority and liberty. Hume.

[5] 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.

[6] In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o`clock. Between decks, the space, or in the space, between the decks of a vessel. -- Between ourselves, Between you and me, Between themselves, in confidence; with the understanding that the matter is not to be communicated to others.