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middle 2, adjective (oh)



2 W2S1 adj [only before noun]
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1 ?centre?
2 ?time/event?
3 ?scale/range?
4 in your middle twenties/thirties etc
5 middle brother/child/daughter etc
6 middle course/way etc
7 Middle English/French etc
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[Language: Old English; Origin: middel]
?CENTRE?
nearest the centre and furthest from the edge, top, end etc
::driving in the middle lane of the motorway
::the middle drawer of the filing cabinet
?TIME/EVENT?
half of the way through an event or period of time
::They spent the middle part of their vacation in Florida.
::the middle part of the day
?SCALE/RANGE?
between two extreme levels or positions, for example between the best and worst, the biggest and smallest etc
::a car in the middle price range
::the middle ranks of the army
::a middle-income family
in your middle twenties/thirties etc
about 25, 35 etc years old
middle brother/child/daughter etc
the brother etc who is between the oldest and the youngest
middle course/way etc
a way of dealing with something that is between two opposite and often extreme ways
middle course/way etc between
::The party is seeking to find a middle way between extreme right-wing and left-wing policies.
::I try to steer a middle course between keeping control of the project and giving responsibility to others.
Middle English/French etc
an old form of English, French etc, used in the Middle Ages (=between 1100 and 1500 AD)