What does middle mean?

Definitions for middle
ˈmɪd lmid·dle

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word middle.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. center, centre, middle, heart, eyenoun

    an area that is approximately central within some larger region

    "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"

  2. middlenoun

    an intermediate part or section

    "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle

  3. middle, midriff, midsectionnoun

    the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)

    "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"

  4. middleadjective

    time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period

    "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April"

  5. in-between, mediate, middleadjective

    being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series

    "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line"

  6. center(a), halfway, middle(a), midwayadjective

    equally distant from the extremes

  7. middleadjective

    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"

  8. middleverb

    between an earlier and a later period of time

    "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties"

  9. middleverb

    put in the middle

Wiktionary

  1. middlenoun

    A centre, midpoint

    The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle.

  2. middlenoun

    The part between the beginning and the end.

  3. middlenoun

    the middle stump

  4. middlenoun

    The central part of a human body.

  5. middleadjective

    Being in the middle or in-between; as middle point, middle name, Middle English, Middle Ages, middle weight, etc.

  6. middleadjective

    Central to.

  7. Etymology: From middel, from middel, middle, from midjilan, a diminutive of midjō, from medhy-. Cognate with West Frisian middel, Dutch middel, German mittel, Mittel, middel. Related also to medel, meðal. See also mid.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Middleadjective

    Etymology: middle , Saxon.

    The lowest virtues draw praise from the common people; the middle virtues work in them astonishment; but of the highest virtues they have no sense. Francis Bacon, Essays.

    A middle station of life, within reach of those conveniencies which the lower orders of mankind must necessarily want, and yet without embarrassment of greatness. John Rogers.

    To deliver all his fleet to the Romans, except ten middle-sized brigantines. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

    I like people of middle understanding and middle rank. Jonathan Swift.

    Will, seeking good, finds many middle ends. Davies.

    You first introduce the middle finger of the left-hand. Samuel Sharp.

  2. Middlenoun

    There come people down by the middle of the land. Judg.

    With roof so low that under it
    They never stand, but lie or sit;
    And yet so foul, that whoso is in,
    Is to the middle leg in prison. Hudibras, p. i.

    The causes and designs of an action are the beginning; the effects of these causes, and the difficulties that are met with in the execution of these designs, are the middle; and the unravelling and resolution of these difficulties are the end. John Dryden, Oedipus.

Wikipedia

  1. Middle

    Middle is a song by French DJ and electronic music producer DJ Snake featuring vocals from British singer Bipolar Sunshine. The song was released as a single on 16 October 2015 by Interscope Records. In July 2016, the song was announced as the lead single from DJ Snake's debut album, Encore (2016). It was written by William Grigahcine, Aaron Kleinstub and Adio Marchant, and produced by the latter of two.

ChatGPT

  1. middle

    Middle can refer to the physical position between two objects or points, or it can denote the midpoint or center point in a range or continuum. It can also describe a position between extremes or two opposing sides, or be used to describe someone or something that is average or moderate in quality, size, or ability. Furthermore, middle can refer to the time or period that is between the beginning and the end of an event, process, or duration.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Middleadjective

    equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age

  2. Middleadjective

    intermediate; intervening

  3. Middleadjective

    the point or part equally distant from the extremities or exterior limits, as of a line, a surface, or a solid; an intervening point or part in space, time, or order of series; the midst; central portion

  4. Middleadjective

    the waist

  5. Etymology: [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. 271. See Mid, a.]

Wikidata

  1. Middle

    Middle is one of six sheadings in the Isle of Man and consists of the parishes of Braddan, Marown and Santon or Santan. It lies to the east of the island. Historically it consisted of Braddan, Santan and Onchan. It is also a House of Keys constituency, electing one MHK.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Middle

    mid′l, adj. equally distant from the extremes: intermediate: intervening: (gram.) intermediate between active and passive, reflexive.—n. the middle point or part: midst: central portion, waist.—adjs. Midd′le-aged, of or about the middle period of life (from about 35 to 50); Midd′le-class, pertaining to, or included in, the middle class.—ns. Midd′le-earth (Shak.), the earth, considered as placed between the upper and lower regions; Midd′leman, one who stands in the middle between two persons: an agent who does business between two parties: in Ireland, one who rents land in large tracts, and lets it in small portions to the peasantry.—adjs. Midd′lemost, Mid′most (B.), nearest the middle; Midd′le-sized, of middle or average size.—ns. Midd′le-watch, the period between midnight and 4 A.M.; Midd′le-weight, a boxer or jockey of intermediate weight, between light and heavy weight.—adj. Midd′ling, of middle rate, state, size, or quality: about equally distant from the extremes: moderate: (Scot.) not in very good health: fairly well or prosperous.—adv. moderately.—n. Midd′lingness, mediocrity.—n.pl. Midd′lings, the coarser part of ground wheat.—Middle Ages, the time between the downfall of the western Roman empire, about 476 A.D., and the Reformation in the first quarter of the 16th century, or even earlier—in the later half of the preceding century, when printing was invented, America discovered, and the revival of learning took place; Middle class, that part of the people which comes between the nobility and the working-class; Middle distance (same as Middle ground); Middle English, English as spoken and written from 1350 to 1500 or 1550; Middle ground, the central portion of a picture—that is, between the foreground and background; Middle Kingdom, China; Middle passage, the voyage across the Atlantic from Africa to the West Indies, which was a time of horror on board a slave-ship; Middle States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware; Middle term (logic), that term of a syllogism which appears both in the major premise and the minor, but not in the conclusion.—Middle-class schools, schools for the higher education of the middle class, intermediate between the primary schools and the large public schools or the universities. [A.S. middelmid; Dut. middel, Ger. mittel.]

Editors Contribution

  1. middle

    A position of balance.

    The middle of our body is the position of balance.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. MIDDLE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Middle is ranked #125282 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Middle surname appeared 137 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Middle.

    83.9% or 115 total occurrences were White.
    13.1% or 18 total occurrences were Black.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'middle' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1513

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'middle' in Written Corpus Frequency: #920

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'middle' in Nouns Frequency: #776

  4. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'middle' in Adjectives Frequency: #174

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of middle in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of middle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of middle in a Sentence

  1. John McCain:

    I believe this legislation, though far from perfect, would enhance American competitiveness, boost the economy, and provide long-overdue tax relief for middle-class families.

  2. Cecilia Qvist:

    We have been very focused on expanding the company into India [ and ] the Middle East, this is a fantastic app to serve those networks... equally strong, equally loud, but purposely built for emerging markets.

  3. Peter Wang:

    You can even follow Kim Jong Un, his personal activities, while he went out middle of the night in Singapore, all reporters when they knew the information, they could rush to the location trying to get a shot to film what Kim Jong Un did, but here its very hard, they blocked the road a couple of blocks away and police are very strict.

  4. Ari Fleischer:

    He never mentioned Obama. He gave direct, blunt answers to the hottest topics of the day involving politics of the Middle East.

  5. Premier Li Keqiang:

    In order to defuse problems and risks, avoid falling into the 'middle income trap', and achieve modernization, China must rely on development, and development requires an appropriate growth rate, at the same time, China's economic development has entered a 'new normal'.

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