middle
adjective
- halfway between two given points, times, limits, etc.; also, equally distant from all sides or extremities; in the center; mean
- in between; intermediate; intervening
- Gram.
- denoting the voice or form of a verb whose subject is represented as acting reflexively, or upon itself: in Greek, such verbs are usually passive in grammatical form
- in or of the middle voice
- Geol. designating a division of a period or a formation between those called Upper and Lower
- designating a stage in language development intermediate between those called Old and Modern: Middle English
noun
- a point or part halfway between extremes; middle point, part, time, etc.
- something intermediate
- the middle part of the body; waist
- Gram. the middle voice
- middle term
transitive verb, intransitive verb middled, middling
to put in the middle
See middle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(mĭdˈl)
adjective- Equally distant from extremes or limits; central: the middle point on a line.
- Being at neither one extreme nor the other; intermediate.
a. Intervening between an earlier and a later period of time; being an intermediate part of a sequence or series: the middle years.
b. Middle Geology Of or relating to a division of geologic time between an earlier and a later division: the Middle Paleozoic.
- Middle Of or relating to a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages: Middle Swedish.
- Grammar Of, relating to, or being a verb form or voice in which the subject both performs and is affected by the action specified.
noun- An area or a point equidistant between extremes; a center: the middle of a circle.
- Something intermediate between extremes; a mean.
- The interior portion: the middle of a chain.
- The middle part of the human body; the waist.
- Logic A middle term.
- Grammar
a. The middle voice.
b. A verb form in the middle voice.
transitive verb mid·dled,
mid·dling,
mid·dles - To place in the middle.
- Nautical To fold in the middle: middle the sail.
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