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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishmiddel, fromOld Englishmiddel(“middle, centre, waist”), fromProto-Germanic*midlą,*midilą,*medalą(“middle”), a diminutive ofProto-Germanic*midjō(“middle, midst”) (compare*midjaz(“mid, middle”,adjective)), fromProto-Indo-European*médʰyos(“between, in the middle, middle”).

Cognates

Cognate withSaterland FrisianMiddel(“middle”),West Frisianmul(“middle”),Dutchmiddel(“means; medicine, cure”),Germanmittel(“middle”,adjective),Mittel(“means; medicament, remedy”,noun),LuxembourgishMëttel(“means, method; medicament”),Vilamovianmytuł(“middle”),Yiddishמיטל(mitl,“middle”),Danish,Norwegian Bokmål andNorwegian Nynorskmiddel(“means”),Icelandicmeðal(“average; means, medicine”),Swedishmedel(“average, mean, middle”). See alsomid.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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middle (pluralmiddles)

  1. Acentre,midpoint.
    Themiddle 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 themiddle of the night.
    In themiddle of the marathon, David collapsed from fatigue.
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
      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 themiddle of the squiteague season.
  3. (cricket) Themiddle stump.
  4. The central part of a human body; thewaist.
    • 2012, Caroline Moore,Fasting In A Fast World:
      If I have a diet plan and stick to it, it is easy for me to have control over mymiddle.
  5. (grammar) Themiddle voice.
  6. (politics) the center of thepolitical spectrum.
    As part of his successful re-election strategy, Clinton began governing from themiddle.

Synonyms

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Translations

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centre, midpoint
part between beginning and end
central part of human body
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Adjective

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middle (nocomparative,superlativemiddlemostor(colloquial, childish)middlest)

  1. Located in the middle;in between.
    themiddle point
  2. Central.
  3. (grammar) Pertaining to themiddle voice.

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Derived terms

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With prefixes and suffixes
Language stages
Geographical names
Expressions with the noun “middle” at the end
Anatomical terms and phrases
All other expressions derived from the adjective or noun “middle”

Related terms

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Translations

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located in the middle; in between
central
pertaining to the middle voice

Verb

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middle (third-person singular simple presentmiddles,present participlemiddling,simple past and past participlemiddled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To take a middle view of.[17th–18th c.]
    • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXVII”, inClarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume(please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […],→OCLC:
      And now, tomiddle the matter between both, it is pity, that the manthey favour has not that sort of merit which a person of a mind so delicate as that of Miss Harlowe might reasonably expect in a husband.
  2. (obsolete, nautical, transitive) Todouble (arope) into twoequalportions; to fold in the middle.[19th c.]
  3. (cricket, transitive) To strike (the ball) with the middle portion of the face of the bat.

Middle English

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Adjective

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middle

  1. inflection ofmiddel:
    1. weaksingular
    2. strong/weakplural
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