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middle meaning

EN[ˈmɪdəl]
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WMiddle
  • Middle or The Middle may refer to:
  • Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits.
  • NounPLmiddlesPREmid-
    1. A centre, midpoint.
      1. The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle. ‎
    2. The part between the beginning and the end.
      1. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.
    3. (cricket) The middle stump.
      1. The central part of a human body.
        1. (grammar) The middle voice.
        2. Adjective
          1. Located in the middle; in between.
            1. the middle point
            2. middle name, Middle English, Middle Ages
          2. Central.
            1. (grammar) Pertaining to the middle voice.
            2. More Examples
              1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
                • Ayatollah Khamenei was elevated from the middle clerical rank, hojatolislam, to ayatollah overnight in what was essentially a political rather than a religious decision.
                • Up comes the tavern-keeper, and ketchin' holt of my cote coller, shaked me out in the middle of the dinin'-room floor.
                • Teachers should also avoid setting long poems in the lower and middle classes to be absorbed in homœopathical doses during the whole of a long term by the unfortunate children.
              2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
                • Middle ear pathologies were explored with the identical technique, and the status of the ossicular chain was assessed as well.
                • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is the first betacoronavirus lineage C member isolated from humans.
              3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
                • Drive down the straight, red dirt road through flat acres of tempranillo vines to the low-lying building of cedar strips with its undulating aluminum roof and one tall wave erupting in the middle.
                • Please don't squeeze the toothpaste tube in the middle.

            Meaning of middle for the defined word.

            Grammatically, this word "middle" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
            • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
              1. Adjectives
                • Uncomparable adjectives
                • Nouns
                  • Countable nouns
                Difficultness: Level 1
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