middle
adj. central; equally distant from two extremes, halfway; mean; mediocre n. center point between two extremes; intermediate period; mean; half | ||||
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Middle Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Middle
(a.)
the waist.
(a.)
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
(a.)
Intermediate; intervening.
(a.)
Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age.
(a.)
the waist.
(a.)
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
(a.)
Intermediate; intervening.
(a.)
Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age.
| WordNet 2.0 |
middle
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) center, centre, heart, eye
(hypernym) area, country
(hyponym) center stage, centre stage
2. an intermediate part or section; "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle
(antonym) end
(hypernym) part, section, division
3. the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"
(synonym) midriff, midsection
(hypernym) area, region
(part-holonym) torso, trunk, body
4. time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period; "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April"
(antonym) end, ending
(hypernym) point, point in time
(hyponym) deep
Verb
1. put in the middle
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) in-between, mediate
(similar) intermediate
2. equally distant from the extremes
(synonym) center(a), halfway, middle(a), midway
(similar) central
3. 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"
(antonym) late
(classification) linguistics
4. between an earlier and a later period of time; "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties"
(antonym) late
(similar) intervening
(attribute) timing
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) center, centre, heart, eye
(hypernym) area, country
(hyponym) center stage, centre stage
2. an intermediate part or section; "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle
(antonym) end
(hypernym) part, section, division
3. the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"
(synonym) midriff, midsection
(hypernym) area, region
(part-holonym) torso, trunk, body
4. time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period; "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April"
(antonym) end, ending
(hypernym) point, point in time
(hyponym) deep
Verb
1. put in the middle
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) in-between, mediate
(similar) intermediate
2. equally distant from the extremes
(synonym) center(a), halfway, middle(a), midway
(similar) central
3. 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"
(antonym) late
(classification) linguistics
4. between an earlier and a later period of time; "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties"
(antonym) late
(similar) intervening
(attribute) timing
| The Phrase Finder |
Middle of the road
Meaning
Something bland or inoffensive; opting to go neither one way or the other.
Origin
This may have derived from that fact that during the middle ages food was thrown from buildings into the street. The only safe place to be was 'in the middle of the road'. Often used these days to describe bland and undemanding popular music.
Meaning
Something bland or inoffensive; opting to go neither one way or the other.
Origin
This may have derived from that fact that during the middle ages food was thrown from buildings into the street. The only safe place to be was 'in the middle of the road'. Often used these days to describe bland and undemanding popular music.
| Australian Slang |
In the middle of bloody woop-woop
lost; in the middle of nowhere
lost; in the middle of nowhere
| hEnglish - advanced version |
middle
middle
\mid"dle\ (?), a. [oe. middel, as. middel; akin to d. middel, ohg. muttil, g. mittel. &?;&?;&?;&?;. see mid, a.]
1. equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age.
2. intermediate; intervening. will, seeking good, finds many middle ends. davies.
note: middle is sometimes used in the formation of selfexplaining compounds; as, middle-sized, middle-witted.
middle
ages, the period of time intervening between the decline of the roman empire and the revival of letters. hallam regards it as beginning with the sixth and ending with the fifteenth century.
middle
class, in england, people who have an intermediate position between the aristocracy and the artisan class. it includes professional men, bankers, merchants, and small landed proprietors the middle-class electorate of great britain. arnold.
middle
distance. (paint.) see middle-ground.
middle
english. see english, n., 2.
middle
kingdom, china.
middle
oil (chem.), that part of the distillate obtained from coal tar which passes over between 170° and 230° centigrade; -- distinguished from the light, and the heavy or dead, oil.
middle
passage, in the slave trade, that part of the atlantic ocean between africa and the west indies.
middle
post. (arch.) same as king-post.
middle
states, new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, and delaware; which, at the time of the formation of the union, occupied a middle position between the eastern states (or new england) and the southern states. [u.s.]
middle
term (logic), that term of a syllogism with which the two extremes are separately compared, and by means of which they are brought together in the conclusion.
middle
tint (paint.), a subdued or neutral tint.
middle
voice. (gram.) see under voice.
middle
watch, the period from midnight to four a. m.; also, the men on watch during that time. am. nav. encyc.
middle
weight, a pugilist, boxer, or wrestler classed as of medium weight, i. e., over 140 and not over 160 lbs., in distinction from those classed as light weights, heavy weights, etc.
middle
\mid"dle\ (?), n. [as. middel. see middle, a.] 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; specif., the waist. "the middle of the land." ix. 37. in this, as in most questions of state, there is a middle.
similar words(33)
middle temple
middle tenor
in the middle
middle post
middle rib
middle states
upper-middle-class
middle watch
middle school
lower-middle-class
middle voice
middle tint
middle term
middle-aged
middle-ground
middle-age
excluded middle
middle weight
middle-class
middle-earth
middle-endian
middle passage
middle ear
middle distance
middle class
middle mute
middle kingdom
middle ground
middle english
middle oil
middle ages
middle of the roader
middle buster
middle
\mid"dle\ (?), a. [oe. middel, as. middel; akin to d. middel, ohg. muttil, g. mittel. &?;&?;&?;&?;. see mid, a.]
1. equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age.
2. intermediate; intervening. will, seeking good, finds many middle ends. davies.
note: middle is sometimes used in the formation of selfexplaining compounds; as, middle-sized, middle-witted.
middle
ages, the period of time intervening between the decline of the roman empire and the revival of letters. hallam regards it as beginning with the sixth and ending with the fifteenth century.
middle
class, in england, people who have an intermediate position between the aristocracy and the artisan class. it includes professional men, bankers, merchants, and small landed proprietors the middle-class electorate of great britain. arnold.
middle
distance. (paint.) see middle-ground.
middle
english. see english, n., 2.
middle
kingdom, china.
middle
oil (chem.), that part of the distillate obtained from coal tar which passes over between 170° and 230° centigrade; -- distinguished from the light, and the heavy or dead, oil.
middle
passage, in the slave trade, that part of the atlantic ocean between africa and the west indies.
middle
post. (arch.) same as king-post.
middle
states, new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, and delaware; which, at the time of the formation of the union, occupied a middle position between the eastern states (or new england) and the southern states. [u.s.]
middle
term (logic), that term of a syllogism with which the two extremes are separately compared, and by means of which they are brought together in the conclusion.
middle
tint (paint.), a subdued or neutral tint.
middle
voice. (gram.) see under voice.
middle
watch, the period from midnight to four a. m.; also, the men on watch during that time. am. nav. encyc.
middle
weight, a pugilist, boxer, or wrestler classed as of medium weight, i. e., over 140 and not over 160 lbs., in distinction from those classed as light weights, heavy weights, etc.
middle
\mid"dle\ (?), n. [as. middel. see middle, a.] 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; specif., the waist. "the middle of the land." ix. 37. in this, as in most questions of state, there is a middle.
similar words(33)
middle temple
middle tenor
in the middle
middle post
middle rib
middle states
upper-middle-class
middle watch
middle school
lower-middle-class
middle voice
middle tint
middle term
middle-aged
middle-ground
middle-age
excluded middle
middle weight
middle-class
middle-earth
middle-endian
middle passage
middle ear
middle distance
middle class
middle mute
middle kingdom
middle ground
middle english
middle oil
middle ages
middle of the roader
middle buster
| English Phonetics |
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Canol
Canol = n. a middle, a centre
Canol = n. a middle, a centre
Canolbarth
Canolbarth = n. a middle point
Canolydd
Canolydd = n. a middle man
Cefnaint
Cefnaint = n. a middle part
Mysg
Mysg = n. the middle, the midst
Middle Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Theological and Philosophical Biography and Dictionary |
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
middle
medius
medius
| Glossary of Comedy Nomenclature |
middle
the second comedian in the standard three comedian stand-up comedy show line-up.
the second comedian in the standard three comedian stand-up comedy show line-up.
Middle Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Middle
svitan
svitan
| Wagering/Betting Terms Glossary |
MIDDLE
To win both sides of a game. For example, if you bet the underdog +3 1/2 and the favorite -2 1/2 and the favorite wins by 3, you've MIDDLED the book. The book has BEEN MIDDLED.
To win both sides of a game. For example, if you bet the underdog +3 1/2 and the favorite -2 1/2 and the favorite wins by 3, you've MIDDLED the book. The book has BEEN MIDDLED.
| gambling |
Middle
Playing both sides of the same game at different lines that allows the player to win both the wagers.
Playing both sides of the same game at different lines that allows the player to win both the wagers.
| English - Klingon |
middle
n. botlh
n. botlh
Middle Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| A Basic Guide to ASL |
Middle
The downturned right fingers describe a small clockwise circle and come to rest in the center of the upturned left palm.
The downturned right fingers describe a small clockwise circle and come to rest in the center of the upturned left palm.
Middle Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Abbreviation Airbus A340 |
MID
Middle
Middle
Middle Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The Scotch Whisky by SDA v.4.20 |
Cut
"Cut" (or "Middle cut" or "Heart of the run"), is the middle portion, between foreshots and feints, and the best part of the distillation.
At the beginning of the distillation are obtained the "Foreshots"(or "Heads"), and the "Feints" (or "Tails") at the end, both are re-distilled.
"Cut" (or "Middle cut" or "Heart of the run"), is the middle portion, between foreshots and feints, and the best part of the distillation.
At the beginning of the distillation are obtained the "Foreshots"(or "Heads"), and the "Feints" (or "Tails") at the end, both are re-distilled.
Middle Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary |
Tabrimon
good pomegranate; the navel; the middle
good pomegranate; the navel; the middle
Tochen
middle
Middle Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Middle
Middle may refer to:
History
History
- The part of a defined historical period lying between Early and Late periods:
- eg: Middle Ages
Geography
- Middle East
- Middle West
- Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man
- Midlands from Middle-lands, the central portion (north to south) of England.
Geography in Fiction
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