midway

mid·way (mid′wā′; also, for adj. & adv., -wā′)

noun

Obsolete
1. the middle of the way or distance
2. a middle way or course
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Etymology: orig. short for Midway Plaisance, the amusement area of the Columbian Exposition (1893), in Chicago
that part of a fair or exposition where sideshows and other amusements are located

Etymology: ME midwei < OE midweg

adjective, adverb

in the middle of the way or distance; halfway

modif.

in the thick of, between, in the middle; see central 1, halfway, intermediate, middle.

Converse of object

situate: Ideally you will both have contact at the small indentation situated midway down the inner thigh of your right legs.
locate: The reference number is located midway on the left hand side of the invoice.
lie: Currently, many regions seem to lie midway between Holocene extremes.
sit: The 218 LSC Montura sits midway in Monterey's Sports Collection.
score: It was they who opened the scoring midway through the half thanks to a scrappy goal from Simon Hicks.
stand: They were neither mortals nor immortals, but stood midway between those classes of beings.

Preposition: through

half: A goal from Carson midway through the first half saw service take the lead against the Army.
season: The 1st grade men also had a dinner with the 1st grade women midway through the season.
period: Most will ask for reports either midway through the period for which the grant was awarded or at the end.

Preposition: between

town: It is close to Walsingham, and midway between the market towns of Holt and Fakenham.
village: Feedback on your visit The site is situated midway between the villages of Haughton and Church Eaton.

Adjective modifier

quiet: Small plot in a quiet village midway between Lucena and Cordoba.
lead: The Knights regained the lead midway through the half.
rural: The metropolitan boro of St Helens is a tightly knit urban area surrounded by rural zones midway between Manchester and Liverpool.

Modifies a noun

point: The width of each block is given by the midway point from the last point to midway point to the next point.
camp: The midway camp only became visible to them at the very end of the course.

Noun used with modifier

penalty: Despite conceding a goal in the opening minute Leamington fought back to equalize with penalty flick midway through the first half through Richard Stanway.
countryside: Bent Farm Cottage nestles in the Ayrshire countryside midway between the busy town of Kilmarnock and the conservation village of Sorn.
goal: The second half saw Leamington unable to capitalize on a number of chances with Redditch scoring a breakaway goal midway through the half.
location: Thorncliffe is a lesbian owned B&B situated in a quiet location midway between Windermere and Bowness in the Lake District.

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