mid-rise

adjective

ˈmid-ˌrīz How to pronounce mid-rise (audio)
-ˈrīz
: being approximately 5 to 10 stories high
mid-rise condominiums

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Not only that, the mid-rise design fits and flatters almost everyone, and Levi’s are notorious for lasting forever. Claire Gallam, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025 The mid-rise jeans have an exaggerated barrel silhouette that balloons out at the knee and tapers into a wide-leg fit at the ankle. Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025 The 312 jeans have a mid-rise waist with a tummy-slimming panel for a smoothing effect. Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025 The new proposal for mid-rise apartments would be much smaller, yet far more feasible, than the original proposal for two housing towers that would have produced 708 condo units, Full Standard Properties told the bankruptcy court. George Avalos, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mid-rise

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mid-rise was in 1967

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“Mid-rise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mid-rise. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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