middle

CEFRA1

/ˈmɪdl̩/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The central part of something.

  2. 02

    adjective

    At an equal distance from two sides or ends.

Examples

  • Holy crap, who's the asshole who dares call me in the middle of the night?!

  • Pens are kept in the middle drawer.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • [ˈmɪ.dəɫ]
  • [ˈmɪ.ɾɫ̩]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The middle stump.

  2. The part between the beginning and the end.

  3. A centre, midpoint.

More examples

In context

  • The bridge is designed to open in the middle.

  • I woke up in the middle of the night.

  • In the middle of the marathon, David collapsed from fatigue.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English myddel, middel, from Old English middel (“middle, centre, waist”), from Proto-Germanic *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *midjō (“middle, midst”) (compare *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective)), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Middel (“middle”), West Frisian mul (“middle”), Dutch middel (“means; medicine, cure”), German mittel (“middle”, adjective), Mittel (“means; medicament, remedy”, noun), Luxembourgish Mëttel (“means, method; medicament”), Vilamovian mytuł (“middle”), Yiddish מיטל (mitl, “middle”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk middel (“means”...