middle

Meaning

Noun

1. A centre, midpoint.
2. The part between the beginning and the end.
3. The middle stump.
4. The central part of a human body; the waist.
5. The middle voice.
6. the center of the political spectrum.

Adj

1. Located in the middle; in between.
2. Central.
3. Pertaining to the middle voice.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To take a middle view of.
2. (obsolete) To double (a rope) into two equal portions; to fold in the middle.

Concepts

middle

center

centre

central

midpoint

medium

mean

midst

half

average

heart

halfway

mid

midway

intermediate

between

among

space

core

median

waist

moderate

medial

in-between

middling

inside

half-way

in the middle

mediate

half-way point

in between

interval

focus

nucleus

midriff

midsection

eye

midterm

amidst

partway

finger

street

next

the

ambiance

environment

milieu

bamboo

interim

balance

emphasis

pivot

half-finished

partly

semi

mid-way

hub

neutral

inner

interior

secret

mezzo

navel

norm

not last

middle-most

middlemost

middle-class

middle part

mesial

befool

cheat

moiety

mid-month

agency

agent

channel

expedient

instrumentality

means

resource

way

medium-scale

dominated

intermedius meso

interspace

medial mean

transitional wave

intermediary

interstitial

dead center

market

height

center⫷mn⫸

central⫷mn⫸

medius

middle-level

centralize

centralise

concentrate

condense

focalise

focalize

focus on

bull

bull’s eye

capital

exchange

nerve center

nerve centre

seat

telephonist

middle one

middle of

thick

open sea

presence

desire

intention

mind

sense

will

best

bottom

first

inferior

second

third

top

hip

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪdəl/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

In the middle is Apollo the god of art , music and poetry .

The Shade River flows predominantly as three streams , its east , middle , and west branches .