āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
Middle
01
āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰ
the part, position, or point of something that has an equal distance from the edges or sides
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The middle of the stage was illuminated by a spotlight during the performance.
āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϏā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻĒāĻāϞāĻžāĻāĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻŽ, āĻā§āĻŽāϰ
a person's waist or the area around the central part of the body, typically the abdomen
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Tie the rope around your middle to secure yourself before climbing.
āĻāϰā§āĻšāĻŖā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āϏā§āϰāĻā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦā§āĻāϧ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤
03
āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ
a central or average point or condition that is neither extreme nor minimal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The job requires a middle of experience, avoiding both entry-level and highly advanced qualifications.
āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻžāϰāĻŋ āϏā§āϤāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ, āϝāĻž āĻāύā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋ-āϞā§āĻā§āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻāύā§āύāϤ āϝā§āĻā§āϝāϤāĻž āĻāĻāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I often wake up in the middle of the night and have trouble falling back asleep.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āϰāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻŽā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
middle
01
āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻŽ, āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰā§āϝāĻŧ
having a position or state equally distant from two extremes
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their house is in the middle area of the neighborhood, close to both entrances.
āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ āĻāϞāĻžāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ, āĻāĻāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§āĻļāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāĨ¤
02
āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻŽ, āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§
existing between two extremes, neither the highest nor the lowest
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She tried to maintain a middle stance during the debate, without taking extreme positions.
āϤāϰā§āĻā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻŽ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āύāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻŽ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻŽ, āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§
occurring between an earlier and later time frame
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The middle part of the journey offered breathtaking views of the landscape.
āĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ āĻ
āĻāĻļāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝā§āϰ āĻ
āϤā§āϝāĻžāĻļā§āĻāϰā§āϝ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻŽāϧā§āϝ, āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§
referring to a historical stage of a language's development that comes between its earliest form and its modern form
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Middle French evolved between Old French and the French spoken today.
āĻŽāϧā§āϝ āĻĢāϰāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύ⧠āĻĢāϰāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻĢāϰāĻžāϏāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05
āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻŽ
(of a verb form or voice) expresses actions where the subject acts upon itself or where two or more subjects act upon each other
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The middle voice is distinct from both active and passive voices in languages like Sanskrit and Greek.
āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻŽ āϏā§āĻŦāϰ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāϝāĻŧ āϏā§āĻŦāϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻāĨ¤
to middle
01
āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to strike the ball with the center spot of a bat, racket, or club in sports like cricket, tennis, or golf, resulting in a well-hit shot
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She middled the tennis ball with her racket, delivering a powerful and accurate shot.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϰā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻā§āύāĻŋāϏ āĻŦāϞāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϰāϞā§āύ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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