Definitions for middle
ˈmɪd lmid·dle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Middleadjective

   Etymology: middle , Saxon.

   1. Equally distant from the two extremes.

   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.

   2. Intermediate; intervening.

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

   3. Middle finger; the long finger.

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

2. Middlenoun

   1. Part equally distant from two extremities; the part remote from the verge.

   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.

   2. The time that passes, or events that happen, between the beginning and end.

   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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.]

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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. middel—mid; Dut. middel, Ger. mittel.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

How to pronounce middle?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say middle in sign language?

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. Roy Gori:

   You've got a middle class that's growing very rapidly, you've got an aging population, and wealth will more than double in the next 10 years.

2. Brenda Connolly:

   I'm not even saying he's going to be the president, but I think he makes Republicans aware of what middle America wants.

3. Police Sgt. Chad Fountain:

   When you have your older kids falling on the ground crying cause they have no control, your younger kids waking you up in the middle of the night saying they missed her, its a lot.

4. Boris Johnson:

   On so many of the world's foreign policy challenges the UK and U.S. are in lockstep, the UK, U.S., and European partners are also united in our effort to tackle the kind of Iranian behavior that makes the Middle East region less secure - its cyber activities, its support for groups like Hezbollah, and its dangerous missile program, which is arming Houthi militias in Yemen.

5. Marianne Ailes:

   No two copies of a text in [a] manuscript are ever identical so each new find adds another piece to a jigsaw, which helps us understand how these texts were read and re-interpreted in the Middle Ages.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=middle
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Middle
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=middle
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=middle
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=middle
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html