Middle - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmɪdl|  American pronunciation of the word middle
Brit.  |ˈmɪd(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word middle

noun

- an area that is approximately central within some larger region (syn: center, centre, eye, heart)
- an intermediate part or section
A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end
- the middle area of the human torso (usually in front) (syn: midriff, midsection)
- time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period
the middle of the war
rain during the middle of April

verb

- put in the middle

adjective

- being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series (syn: in-between, mediate)
the middle point on a line
- equally distant from the extremes (syn: center, halfway, midway)

Extra examples

High temperatures today should be in the middle 80s.

Franklin D. Roosevelt's middle initial stood for “Delano.”

A good essay will have a clear beginning, middle, and end.

He stood exactly in the middle of the room.

She opened the book to the middle and began to read.

The car stopped in the middle of the road.

The house should be finished by the middle of next summer.

The beginning and ending of the movie were good, but the middle was pretty boring.

She put her arms around his middle.

He tied the sash around his middle.

He was standing in the middle of the room.

The phone rang in the middle of the night.

I'm in the middle of writing a letter.

We rowed out towards the middle of the lake.

Jo was standing in the middle of the room.

Word forms

noun
singular: middle
plural: middles
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