middle
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
middle/ˈmɪdl/
▶adjective
- 1 at an equal distance from the extremities of something; central.
■ (of a member of a group or series) placed so as to have the same number of members on each side: he was in his middle forties.
■ intermediate in rank, quality, or ability.
- 2 Grammar denoting a voice of verbs in some languages, such as Greek, which expresses reciprocal or reflexive action.
- 1 a middle point or position.
- 2 informal a person's waist and stomach.
- 3 Grammar a middle form or voice of a verb.
– phrases
in the middle of in the process of.
in the middle of in the process of.
'middle' also found in these Oxford entries:
abeam
- adultescent
- Afro-Asiatic
- algebra
- all
- alto clef
- Alzheimer's disease
- amid
- amidships
- among
- antiquity
- Arab
- arachnoid
- Aristotelian logic
- baklava
- baksheesh
- banana split
- bank
- barrel
- base
- bass clef
- bazaar
- belly dance
- Bible Belt
- bindi
- bird
- bourgeois
- bourgeoisie
- bridge
- budget
- bugger
- cadence
- caesura
- canvas
- centre
- centre back
- centrefold
- centre forward
- centre spread
- chanson de geste
- cheval glass
- columella
- concert pitch
- crash barrier
- crown green
- curry
- dame
- Dark Ages
- deponent
- descant recorder
