middle

noun · adjective · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

middlesmyddle

1.
A centre, midpoint.
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.
I woke up in the middle of the night.
In the middle of the marathon, David collapsed from fatigue.
3.
(cricket) The middle stump.
4.
The central part of a human body; the waist.
5.
(grammar) The middle voice.
6.
(politics) the center of the political spectrum.
As part of his successful re-election strategy, Clinton began governing from the middle.
7.
An essay on social or literary issues in a newspaper or magazine, originally placed between the leading articles and the reviews.

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adjective

Comparative

middlemostmiddlest

Superlative

myddle

1.
(no comparative)Located in the middle; in between.
the middle point
middle name, Middle English, Middle Ages
2.
(no comparative)Central.
3.
(no comparative)(grammar) Pertaining to the middle voice.

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verb

V_es/s

middles

V_ing/Gerund

middling

V_ed/pp

middledmyddle

1.
(obsolete, transitive)To take a middle view of.
2.
(obsolete, transitive)(obsolete, nautical, transitive) To double (a rope) into two equal portions; to fold in the middle.
3.
(transitive)(cricket, transitive) To strike (the ball) with the middle portion of the face of the bat.

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center centre midpointmidstpart between the beginning and the end centre, center, midst

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From Middle English myddel, middel, from Old English middel (middle, centre, waist), from Proto-Germanic *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (middle), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *midjō (middle, midst) (compare *midjaz (mid, middle)), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (between, in the middle, middle). 2 cog Cognate with Middel middle, mul middle, middel, mittel middle, Mittel (means;