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middle
[ mid-l ]
adjective
- equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central:
the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms:
- intermediate or intervening:
the middle distance.
- medium or average:
a man of middle size.
- (initial capital letter) (in the history of a language) intermediate between periods classified as Old and New or Modern:
Middle English.
- Grammar. (in some languages) noting a voice of verb inflection in which the subject is represented as acting on or for itself, in contrast to the active voice in which the subject acts, and the passive voice in which the subject is acted upon, as in Greek, 别驳谤补辫蝉谩尘脓苍 鈥淚 wrote for myself,鈥 茅驳谤补辫蝉补 鈥淚 wrote,鈥 别驳谤谩辫丑脓苍 鈥淚 was written.鈥
- (often initial capital letter) Stratigraphy. noting the division intermediate between the upper and lower divisions of a period, system, or the like:
the Middle Devonian.
noun
- the point, part, position, etc., equidistant from extremes or limits.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- the central part of the human body, especially the waist:
He gave him a punch in the middle.
- something intermediate; mean.
- (in farming) the ground between two rows of plants.
verb (used with or without object)
- Chiefly Nautical. to fold in half.
middle
/ 藞尘瑟诲蓹濒 /
adjective
- equally distant from the ends or periphery of something; central
- intermediate in status, situation, etc
- located between the early and late parts of a series, time sequence, etc
- not extreme, esp in size; medium
- usually capital (of a language) intermediate between the earliest and the modern forms
Middle English
noun
- an area or point equal in distance from the ends or periphery or in time between the early and late parts
- an intermediate part or section, such as the waist
- grammar the middle voice
- logic See middle term
- the ground between rows of growing plants
- a discursive article in a journal, placed between the leading articles and the book reviews
- cricket a position on the batting creases in alignment with the middle stumps on which a batsman may take guard
verb
- to place in the middle
- nautical to fold in two
- football to return (the ball) from the wing to midfield
- cricket to hit (the ball) with the middle of the bat
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of middle1
Idioms and Phrases
see caught in the middle ; in the middle of ; play both ends against the middle .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"For the first time it was the Kenyan people - the working class and the middle class and the lower class - against the ruling class," says Mwangi.
An image shared by the group shows two people standing in the middle of the road wearing T-shirts that said: "Youth Demand: Stop Arming Israel."
By contrast, Boca have always remained in their spiritual home, the famous La Bombonera stadium that is seemingly dropped into the middle of the 'barrio', a high-poverty district of the city.
The pair were told to buck up their ideas by the referee as they began talking to each other during the middle of the rounds.
At the same time, the middle managers, the men in the gray flannel suits, on occasion they got doses of rhetoric that the Cultural Revolution would've been proud of.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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