mid

1
[ mid ]
/ mɪd /

adjective

being at or near the middle point of: in mid autumn.
being or occupying a middle place or position: in the mid nineties of the last century.
Phonetics. (of a vowel) articulated with an opening above the tongue relatively intermediate between those for high and low: the vowels of beet, bet, and hot are respectively high, mid, and low. Compare high(def 23), low1(def 30).

noun

Archaic. the middle.

Origin of mid

1
before 900; Middle English, Old English midd- (both an adj. and the initial element of a compound; modern spellings such as mid autumn are probably a reanalysis of mid- as an adj.); cognate with Old High German mitti, Old Norse mithr, Gothic midjis, Old Irish mide, Latin medius, Greek mésos, Sanskrit madhya middle, OCS mežda limit, border

Definition for mid (2 of 7)

mid 2

or 'mid

[ mid ]
/ mɪd /

preposition

amid.

Definition for mid (3 of 7)

mid 3
[ mid ]
/ mɪd /

noun Informal.

a midshipman.

Origin of mid

3
by shortening

Definition for mid (4 of 7)

mid-

a combining form representing mid1 in compound words: midday; mid-Victorian.

Origin of mid-

Middle English, Old English; see mid1

Definition for mid (5 of 7)

mid.

Definition for mid (6 of 7)

Definition for mid (7 of 7)

M.I.D.

Master of Industrial Design.

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British Dictionary definitions for mid (1 of 5)

mid 1
/ (mɪd) /

adjective

phonetics of, relating to, or denoting a vowel whose articulation lies approximately halfway between high and low, such as e in English bet

noun

an archaic word for middle

Word Origin for mid

C12 midre (inflected form of midd, unattested); related to Old Norse mithr, Gothic midjis

British Dictionary definitions for mid (2 of 5)

mid 2

'mid

/ (mɪd) /

preposition

a poetic word for amid

British Dictionary definitions for mid (3 of 5)

mid-

combining form

indicating a middle part, point, time, or position midday; mid-April; mid-Victorian

Word Origin for mid-

Old English; see middle, mid 1

British Dictionary definitions for mid (4 of 5)

mid.

abbreviation for

middle

British Dictionary definitions for mid (5 of 5)

Mid.

abbreviation for

Midshipman

Medical definitions for mid (1 of 2)

MID

abbr.

minimal infecting dose

Medical definitions for mid (2 of 2)

mid-

pref.

Middle:midbrain.