Middle
Mid´dle Pronunciation: mĭd´d'l
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| 1. | Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; | |||||||
| 2. | Intermediate; intervening.
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| n. | 1. | The point or part equally distant from the extremities or exterior limits, as of a line, a surface, or a solid; an intervening point or part in space, time, or order of series; the midst; central portion | ||||||
| Noun | 1. | middle - an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm" |
| 2. | middle - an intermediate part or section; "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle Antonyms: beginning - the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" end - a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end" | |
| 3. |  middle - the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"Synonyms: midriff, midsection | |
| 4. | middle - time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period; "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April" Antonyms: commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" | |
| Verb | 1. | middle - put in the middle |
| Adj. | 1. | middle - being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series; "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line" Synonyms: in-between, mediate |
| 2. | middle - equally distant from the extremes | |
| 3. | middle - of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages; "Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500"; "Middle Gaelic" Antonyms: early - of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700" late - of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek" | |
| 4. | middle - between an earlier and a later period of time; "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties" Antonyms: early - at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties" late - being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast" |