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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. noun [ C usually sing ] us / ˈmɪd· ə l /. Add to word list. a point, position, or part that is not on one side or the other but is equally far from things on either side; the central point, position, or part: This is my class photo – I’m the one in the middle.
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adjective. equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio. Synonyms: midway, medial, halfway, equidistant. Antonyms: extreme. intermediate or intervening: the middle distance. medium or average: a man of middle size.
the central part, position, or point in time: We used to live just outside Boston but now we live right (= exactly) in the middle. The letter should arrive by the middle of next week. Fewer examples. He stood motionless in the middle of the road.
The middle of something is the part of it that is farthest from its edges, ends, or outside surface. Howard stood in the middle of the room sipping a cup of coffee. They had a volleyball court in the middle of the courtyard.
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From Middle English middel, from Old English middel, middle (“middle, centre, waist”), from Proto-Germanic *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *midjō (“middle, midst”) (compare *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective)), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with West Frisian middel, ...
(US) IPA(key): /ˈmɪdəl/, [ˈmɪ.ɾɫ̩](UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɪdəl/, [ˈmɪ.dəɫ], [ˈmɪ.dʊ](General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmɪdəl/, [ˈmɪ̝.dəɫ], [ˈmɪ̝.dʊ], [ˈmɪ̝.ɾ-](New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmɘdɘl/, [ˈmə.dɯ(ɫ)], [ˈmə.ɾ-]middle (plural middles) 1. A centre, midpoint. 1.1. The middleof a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle. 2. The part between the beginning and the end. 2.1. I woke up in the middleof the night. 2.2. In the middleof the marathon, David collapsed from fatigue. 2.1. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. P...
middle (not comparable) 1. Located in the middle; in between. 1.1. the middlepoint 1.2. middle name, Middle English, Middle Ages 2. Central. 3. (grammar) Pertaining to the middle voice.
middle (third-person singular simple present middles, present participle middling, simple past and past participle middled) 1. (obsolete) To take a middle view of. [17th–18th c.] 1.1. 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXVII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady:[…], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardso...
Definition of middle noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
MIDDLE meaning: 1. the center of something: 2. not the beginning or the end but the time in between: 3. to be…. Learn more.
