Definition of 'middle'

Noun

1. 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
2. an intermediate part or section; "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle
      Antonyms: end beginning
3. the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"
      Synonyms: midriff midsection
4. time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period; "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April"
      Antonyms: end ending beginning commencement first outset get-go start kickoff starting time showtime offset

Verb

1. put in the middle

Adjective

1. 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
2. equally distant from the extremes
      Synonyms: center halfway midway
3. 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 early
4. between an earlier and a later period of time; "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties"
      Antonyms: late early

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