middle
//ˈmɪdl̩//
Forms
- Plural
- middles
- Superlative
- middlemost
- present (v1)
- middle
- past (v2)
- middled
- past participle (v3)
- middled
- present participle
- middling
- 3rd person singular
- middles
Definitions
1.A centre, midpoint.
- The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle.
2.The part between the beginning and the end.
- I woke up in the middle of the night.
- In the middle of the marathon, David collapsed from fatigue.
3.The central part of a human body; the waist.
- If I have a diet plan and stick to it, it is easy for me to have control over my middle.
4.The middle stump.
- I want to sit in the middle.
1.Central.
2.Located in the middle; in between.
3.Pertaining to the middle voice.
1.To strike (the ball) with the middle portion of the face of the bat.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1039
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
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”).