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middle

/ˈmɪdl̩/noun, verb, adjective2 syllables

Middle means: equally distant from the extremes.

Synonyms for middle16

noun, as in an area that is approximately central within some larger region

center, centre, heart, eye

noun, as in the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)

midriff, midsection

adjective, as in equally distant from the extremes

center, halfway, midway, centre, central

adjective, as in being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series

in-between, mediate, intermediate

adjective, as in between an earlier and a later period of time

intervening, mid

also used for middle

midst, midpoint

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opposites of middle

late, early, end, beginning

What does middle mean?9

adjective

1

equally distant from the extremes

2

being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series“adolescence is an awkward in-between age”

3

between an earlier and a later period of time“in the middle years”

4

of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages“Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500”

noun

1

an area that is approximately central within some larger region“it is in the center of town”

2

the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)“young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable”

3

an intermediate part or section“A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end”

4

the point between the beginning and the end of a temporal period or process“the middle of the war”

verb

1

put in the middle

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with middle?2

two syllables

riddlefiddle
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Middle in a sentence

  • Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.Scott
  • To determine its origin, we must go back to the middle ages.AOCinJAPAN
  • In the middle of the city, there is a fountain.keira_n
  • Fucking hell, what idiot dare phone me in the middle of the night?tillyni
  • Of course, she was right in the middle.unknown
  • You stood in the middle of the room, didn't you?Amastan
  • You were in the second year of middle school last year, right?CK
  • In the middle of the tour, they became separated from the main group.Neverin

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Forms of middle

as a noun

plural
middles

as a verb

past tense
middled
present participle
middling
third-person singular
middles
past participle
middled

as a adjective

superlative
middlemost