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middle

/ middle /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
"young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"
Type of:
area region
Has parts:
torso trunk body
noun Sense 2
an intermediate part or section
"A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle"
Opposites:
end beginning
Type of:
part section division
noun Sense 3
time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period
"the middle of the war"
"rain during the middle of April"
Opposites:
end ending beginning commencement first
Type of:
point point in time
Kinds of:
deep
verb Sense 4
put in the middle
Type of:
put set place
Derived:
center centre heart eye
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
adjective Sense 5
between an earlier and a later period of time
"in the middle years"
"in his middle thirties"
Similar:
intervening mid(a)
Opposites:
late early
adjective Sense 6
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"
Opposites:
late early
Domain:
linguistics
noun Sense 7
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"
Type of:
area country
Kinds of:
center stage centre stage city center city centre central city
adjective satellite Sense 8
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"
Similar:
intermediate
Semantic Complexity
85%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
3
Total Relationships
39
Times Searched
3
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area region part section division end beginning point point in time deep ending commencement