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- DictionaryMid·dle/ˈmid(ə)l/
noun
- 1. the point or position at an equal distance from the sides, edges, or ends of something: "she stood alone in the middle of the street"
- 2. the form or voice of a verb expressing reflexive or reciprocal action, or a passive sense for a transitive or intransitive verb.
adjective
- 1. at an equal distance from the extremities of something; central: "the early and middle part of life"
- 2. denoting a voice of verbs in some languages, such as Greek, which expresses reciprocal or reflexive action.
Middle, center, midst indicate something from which two or more other things are (approximately or exactly) equally distant. Middle denotes, literally or figuratively, the point or part equidistant from or intermediate between extremes or limits in space or in time: the middle of a road.
noun. /ˈmɪdl/ the middle [singular] the part of something that is at an equal distance from all its edges or sides; a point or a period of time between the beginning and the end of something a lake with an island in the middle He was standing in the middle of the room. The phone rang in the middle of the night.
adj. equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio. intermediate or intervening: the middle distance. medium or average: a man of middle size. Linguistics (cap.) (in the history of a language) intermediate between periods classified as Old and New or Modern: Middle English.
Definition of middle noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. middle. noun. OPAL S. /ˈmɪdl/ Idioms. the middle. [singular] the part of something that is at an equal distance from all its edges or sides; a point or a period of time between the beginning and the end of something. in the middle a lake with an island in the middle.
Definition of middle adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
middle meaning: 1. the centre of something: 2. not the beginning or the end but the time in between: 3. to be…. Learn more.
Apr 15, 2024 · Noun [ edit] middle (plural middles) A centre, midpoint . The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle. The part between the beginning and the end. I woke up in the middle of the night. In the middle of the marathon, David collapsed from fatigue.
