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Middle

adjective

Being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series. Synonyms: in-between, mediate. "In a mediate position" , "The middle point on a line"

Equally distant from the extremes. Synonyms: center, halfway, midway.

Of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages. "Middle Gaelic"

Between an earlier and a later period of time. "In his middle thirties"

noun

An area that is approximately central within some larger region. Synonyms: center, centre, eye, heart. "They ran forward into the heart of the struggle" , "They were in the eye of the storm"

An intermediate part or section.

The middle area of the human torso (usually in front). Synonyms: midriff, midsection.

Time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period. "Rain during the middle of April"

verb

Put in the middle.

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"Middle" Quotes from Famous Books

... we go to Kingsport for training. I suppose we'll go overseas about the middle of ...

— Rilla of Ingleside • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... the flask, David," again said the kind voice, and looking up, he became aware of the beautiful benignant face, deep blue eyes, and long light locks of the man in early middle age who had laid him on his knee, while a priest was binding his arm, and a fair and graceful boy, a little younger than himself, was standing by with the flask of wine in his hand, and a face of such girlish ...

— More Bywords • Charlotte M. Yonge

... of the PILEATED WOODPECKER, (Picus Dryotomus) Pileatus, SWAINSON, which has much less power than the claw of the typical Woodpecker; the anterior toe (i.e. middle toe,) being longer and stronger than the posterior—a structure the very reverse of that which characterizes ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Vol. 19, Issue 550, June 2, 1832 • Various

... until some time late in the night they reached a curious formation in the middle of the ...

— Golden Days for Boys and Girls - Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 • Various

... evenings are very cool now, while in the middle of the day it is quite hot. Ernest comes to see us very often, under the pretense that he can't trust me with so young a baby ! He is so tender and thoughtful, and spoils me so, that this world is very bright to me; I am a little ...

— Stepping Heavenward • Mrs. E. Prentiss

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