middle

¹mid·dle

adj \ˈmi-d^əl\

Definition of MIDDLE

1

: equally distant from the extremes : medial, central <the middle house in the row>

2

: being at neither extreme : intermediate

3

capitalized a : constituting a division intermediate between those prior and later or upper and lower <Middle Paleozoic> b : constituting a period of a language or literature intermediate between one called Old and one called New or Modern <Middle Dutch>

4

of a verb form or voice : typically asserting that a person or thing both performs and is affected by the action represented

Examples of MIDDLE

1. during the century's middle decades
2. High temperatures today should be in the middle 80s.
3. Franklin D. Roosevelt's middle initial stood for “Delano.”

Origin of MIDDLE

Middle English middel, from Old English; akin to Old English midde

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to MIDDLE

Synonyms: central, halfway, intermediary, intermediate, medial, median, mediate, medium, mid, midmost

Antonyms: extreme, farthest, farthermost, furthermost, furthest, outermost, outmost, remotest, utmost

Related Words: equidistant; inmost, inner, innermost, nearest; betwixt and between, borderline, gray (also grey), in-between

Near Antonyms: outer, peripheral

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Rhymes with MIDDLE

diddle, fiddle, griddle, piddle, riddle, twiddle