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middle

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪdl̩/

The English word “middle” has 13 meanings listed here.

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.
  7. An essay on social or literary issues in a newspaper or magazine, originally placed between the leading articles and the reviews.

adjective

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

verb

  1. To take a middle view of.
  2. To double (a rope) into two equal portions; to fold in the middle.
  3. To strike (the ball) with the middle portion of the face of the bat.

Etymology

From Middle English myddel, middel, from Old English middel (“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”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Middel (“middle”), West Frisian mul…

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