middle
adjective
1. being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
- the middle point on a line
Similar word(s): intermediate, mediate
2. equally distant from the extremes
Similar word(s): central, center, halfway, midway
3. 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
4. between an earlier and a later period of time
- in the middle years
- in his middle thirties
Similar word(s): intervening, mid
Sentences with middle as an adjective:
- the middle point
- middle name, Middle English, Middle Ages
noun
1. an area that is approximately central within some larger region
Similar word(s): center, centre, eye, heart
Definition categories: location, area, country
2. an intermediate part or section
- A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end
Definition categories: thought, division, part, section
3. the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
Similar word(s): midriff, midsection
Definition categories: body, area, region
4. time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period
- the middle of the war
- rain during the middle of April
Definition categories: time, point
Sentences with middle as a noun:
- The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle.
- I woke up in the middle of the night.
- In the middle of the marathon, David collapsed from fatigue.