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middle
equally distant from the extremes
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adjective
equally distant from the extremes
adjective
between an earlier and a later period of time
“in the middle years”
adjective
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”
adjective
being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
“adolescence is an awkward in-between age”
noun
the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
“young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable”
noun
an intermediate part or section
“{'source': 'Aristotle', 'text': 'A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end'}”
noun
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
“it is in the center of town”
noun
the point between the beginning and the end of a temporal period or process
“the middle of the war”
verb
put in the middle
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in the middle years
in his middle thirties
Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500
Middle Gaelic
adolescence is an awkward in-between age
in a mediate position
the middle point on a line
young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable
{'source': 'Aristotle', 'text': 'A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end'}
it is in the center of town
they ran forward into the heart of the struggle
they were in the eye of the storm
the middle of the war
rain during the middle of April
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