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middle adj 1 at, or being, a point or position between two others, usually two ends or extremes, and especially the same distance from each • It's the middle house in the row. 2 intermediate; neither at the top or at the bottom end of the scale • middle management • middle income. 3 moderate, not extreme; taken, used, etc as a compromise • middle ground. 4 (Middle) said especially of languages: belonging to a period coming after the Old period and before the Modern • Middle English. noun 1 the middle point, part or position of something • the middle of the night. 2 colloq the waist. verb (middled, middling) 1 to place something in the middle. 2 cricket to hit (the ball) with the middle of the bat, therefore to hit it firmly and accurately. be in the middle of something to be busy with it and likely to remain so for some time.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon middel.
middle adj 1 at, or being, a point or position between two others, usually two ends or extremes, and especially the same distance from each • It's the middle house in the row. 2 intermediate; neither at the top or at the bottom end of the scale • middle management • middle income. 3 moderate, not extreme; taken, used, etc as a compromise • middle ground. 4 (Middle) said especially of languages: belonging to a period coming after the Old period and before the Modern • Middle English. noun 1 the middle point, part or position of something • the middle of the night. 2 colloq the waist. verb (middled, middling) 1 to place something in the middle. 2 cricket to hit (the ball) with the middle of the bat, therefore to hit it firmly and accurately. be in the middle of something to be busy with it and likely to remain so for some time.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon middel.
middle adj 1 at, or being, a point or position between two others, usually two ends or extremes, and especially the same distance from each • It's the middle house in the row. 2 intermediate; neither at the top or at the bottom end of the scale • middle management • middle income. 3 moderate, not extreme; taken, used, etc as a compromise • middle ground. 4 (Middle) said especially of languages: belonging to a period coming after the Old period and before the Modern • Middle English. noun 1 the middle point, part or position of something • the middle of the night. 2 colloq the waist. verb (middled, middling) 1 to place something in the middle. 2 cricket to hit (the ball) with the middle of the bat, therefore to hit it firmly and accurately. be in the middle of something to be busy with it and likely to remain so for some time.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon middel.
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