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(adjective) between an earlier and a later period of time; "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties" |
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Antonyms: early, late |
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(adjective) (linguistics) 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" |
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Antonyms: early, late |
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(verb) put in the middle |
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Related Words: lay, place, pose, position, put, set |
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(noun) the middle area of the human torso (usually in front) |
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Synonyms: midriff, midsection |
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Related Words: area, region |
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(noun) an intermediate part or section: "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle |
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Related Words: division, part, section |
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Antonyms: beginning, end |
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(noun) time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period: "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April" |
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Related Words: point, point in time |
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Antonyms: beginning, end |
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(adjective) of the stage of education and schools between elementary and secondary including middle grades centering on 5 through 7; "intermediate schools"; "the intermediate (or middle) grades"; "a middle school" |
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Synonyms: intermediate |
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(satellite adjective) equally distant from the extremes |
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Synonyms: center, halfway, midway |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: in-between, mediate |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: center, centre, eye, heart |
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Related Words: area, central city, city center, civic center, country, down town, financial center, hub, inner city, medical center, midfield, midstream, municipal center, see |
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