middle

What is the Definition of middle?

Noun:

  1. an area that is approximately central within some larger region
  2. an intermediate part or section
  3. the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
  4. time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period

Verb:

  1. put in the middle

Adjective:

  1. being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
  2. equally distant from the extremes
  3. of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
  4. between an earlier and a later period of time

How can I use middle in a sentence?

According to the large clock over the arrivals board, he had ten minutes left to get on the train to Hogwarts and he had no idea how to do it; he was stranded in the middle of a station with a trunk he could hardly lift, a pocket full of wizard money, and a large owl.

The brick he had touched quivered — it wriggled — in the middle, a small hole appeared — it grew wider and wider — a second later they were facing an archway large enough even for Hagrid, an archway onto a cobbled street that twisted and turned out of sight.

There was a big plastic number nine over one platform and a big plastic number ten over the one next to it, and in the middle, nothing at all.

The same thing happened in the middle of a plowed field, halfway across a suspension bridge, and at the top of a multilevel parking garage.

He drove them into the middle of a forest, got out, looked around, shook his head, got back in the car, and off they went again.


Other meanings of middle (synonyms, cognates).


ENRU
middle
  • середина, средний
middle class
  • средние слои
  • средний класс
middle management
  • средний управленческий персонал
middle sized
  • среднего размера
  • средней величины
middleman
  • посредник
middleman distributor
  • торговец-посредник


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