English dictionary
middle
adjectivePronunciation
ˈmɪdəl
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- equally distant from the extremes
adjective
- between an earlier and a later period of time
adjective
- of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
adjective
- being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
noun
- the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
noun
- an intermediate part or section
noun
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
noun
- the point between the beginning and the end of a temporal period or process
verb
- put in the middle
Example sentences
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