middle meaning and definition

MIDDLE noun

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, eye, heart
2. an intermediate part or section
   • "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle
   • antonym: end
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"
   • antonym: end

MIDDLE verb

Definition of middle (verb)

1. put in the middle

MIDDLE adjective

Definition of 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"
   • antonym: late
4. between an earlier and a later period of time
   • "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties"
   • antonym: late