Definition of middle

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middle - 10 definitions

- noun
1. center -- an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
synonyms: center, centre, heart, eye
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. middle -- an intermediate part or section; "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle
antonyms: end -- a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end" , beginning -- the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. middle -- the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"
synonyms: midriff, midsection
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. middle -- time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period; "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April"
antonyms: end -- the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" , beginning -- the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
- verb
5. middle -- put in the middle
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6. middle, middled -- to place in the middle
synonyms: middled, middles
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
- adjective
7. in-between -- being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series; "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line"
synonyms: in-between, mediate
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. center -- equally distant from the extremes
synonyms: center, halfway, midway
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
9. middle -- of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages; "Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500"; "Middle Gaelic"
antonyms: late -- of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek" , early -- of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
10. middle -- between an earlier and a later period of time; "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties"
antonyms: late -- being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast" , early -- at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
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end -- a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end"
beginning -- the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"
end -- the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"
beginning -- the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
late -- of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek"
early -- of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700"
late -- being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast"
early -- at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"

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