middle

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[ UK /mˈɪdə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˈmɪdəɫ/ ]

NOUN

time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period
rain during the middle of April
the middle of the war
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
they were in the eye of the storm
they ran forward into the heart of the struggle
it is in the center of town
the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable
an intermediate part or section
A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end

ADJECTIVE

being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
the middle point on a line
in a mediate position
adolescence is an awkward in-between age
between an earlier and a later period of time
in his middle thirties
in the middle years
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
Middle Gaelic
equally distant from the extremes

VERB

put in the middle

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How To Use middle In A Sentence

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle. Life is a maze and love is a riddle, I don't know where to go, can't do it alone.
The main square is called “Rynek” (which basically means “central market place”), and in the middle there are two buildings: “Ratusz” or City Hall (compare with German “Rathaus”) and “Sukiennice”, a long one-level building not unlike a bazaar, filled with stores. Matthew Yglesias » Krakow
Sewage overflowed into wash basins at West Middlesex Hospital following a blockage in one of the toilets.
Moreover some parts of gain will devolute to Italian Red Cross seriously employed in the disastrous earthquake land that hit the middle lands of Italia few weeks ago. MacMegasite
It had this atmosphere of being a bit fusty, musty and middle class. Times, Sunday Times
Marriage followed alongside a comfortable life on the cosy road to middle-class success.
His eyes were fixed on a small house in the middle distance.
I blame it all on becca who called me in the middle of the night to talk to me all about how the two best friends names are Kate and Becca and that the main character lives in apartment 601 as my address and other kooky details that i have been trying to forget nightly since i saw that movie, And then every sound is that kid coming out of the television and im only writing about it now in order to expunge as i fear she will grab hold of my foot from under the desk and eat me or turn me into something decomposing or whatever it is she does. I-claudius Diary Entry
A drunk was standing in the middle of the street, swaying uncertainly and trying hard to stay upright.
How many of us diagrammed sentences in middle school? The Volokh Conspiracy » It’s Not the Crime, It’s the Cover-Up — Sestak Edition

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