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
Words nearby mid
Definition for mid (2 of 7)
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)
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)
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.