What does between mean?

between means "in the interval". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in between?

between has 2 syllables: be-tween. The stress falls on "tween". In IPA it is /bɪˈtwin/.

What is another word for between?

Close synonyms include betwixt, 'tween. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is between a common word?

between is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Between — meaning and how to say it: bi-TWEEN

adverb

2 sensesA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in the interval
“dancing all the dances with little rest between”
Synonymsbetwixt
2.
in between
“two houses with a tree between”
Synonyms'tween

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What does between mean?: between means "in the interval". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in between?: between has 2 syllables: be-tween. The stress falls on "tween". In IPA it is /bɪˈtwin/.
What is another word for between?

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