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middle

/ˈmɪdl̩/ noun

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In Latin: medium Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about middle at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A centre, midpoint.
    The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle.
  2. The part between the beginning and the end.
    I woke up in the middle of the night.
  3. The middle stump.

adjective

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

verb

  1. To take a middle view of. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  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.

Origin

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”).

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