middle
[ mid-l ]
/ ˈmɪd l /
adjective
noun
verb (used with or without object), mid·dled, mid·dling.
Chiefly Nautical.
to fold in half.
Origin of middle
before 900; Middle English, Old English
middel; cognate with German
mittel; akin to Old Norse
methal among. See
mid1
SYNONYMS FOR middle
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midpoint.
Middle,
center,
midst indicate something from which two or more other things are (approximately or exactly) equally distant.
Middle denotes, literally or figuratively, the point or part equidistant from or intermediate between extremes or limits in space or in time:
the middle of a road.
Center, a more precise word, is ordinarily applied to a point within circular, globular, or regular bodies, or wherever a similar exactness appears to exist:
the center of the earth; it may also be used metaphorically (still suggesting the core of a sphere):
center of interest.
Midst usually suggests that a person or thing is closely surrounded or encompassed on all sides, especially by that which is thick or dense:
the midst of a storm.
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British Dictionary definitions for middle
middle
/ (ˈmɪdəl) /
adjective
noun
verb (tr)
Word Origin for middle
Old English
middel; compare Old Frisian
middel, Dutch
middel, German
mittel
Idioms and Phrases with middle
middle
see caught in the middle; in the middle of; play both ends against the middle.