|Origin:||mids 'middle' (13-19 centuries), from Old English midde ( MID-)|
if you are in the midst of an event or situation, it is happening around you:
The government is in the midst of a major crisis.
in the middle of a place or a group of things or people:
We were sitting in the midst of an elegant and well-dressed audience.
in a particular group:
I fear we have an enemy in our midst.