Meaning
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- A centre, midpoint.
- The part between the beginning and the end.
- The middle stump.
- The central part of a human body; the waist.
- The middle voice.
- the center of the political spectrum.
Synonyms
half-way point
in the middle
half-way
middle of
half-finished
mid-way
mid-month
not last
middle one
middle-most
middle part
middle-level
medium-scale
intermedius meso
medial mean
transitional wave
center⫷mn⫸
central⫷mn⫸
bull’s eye
focus on
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɪdəl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English middel, from Old English middel, middle (“middle, centre, waist”), from Proto-Germanic *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *midjō (“middle, midst”) (compare *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective)), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with West Frisian middel, Dutch middel, German mittel (“middle”, adjective), German Mittel (“middle, means”, noun), Danish middel (“means, agent, medicine; middle/medium”). Related also to Swedish medel (“means, medium”), Icelandic meðal (“means, medicine”). See also mid.
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