mid-groundn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪdɡraʊnd/, U.S.

/ˈmɪdˌɡraʊnd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., ground n.

Etymology: < mid adj. + ground n. Compare middle ground n.

1. = middle ground n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > middle course

middle way?c1225

midwayc1451

golden mean1541

middle course1579

mid-course1603

middle path1606

third way1638

midstream1670

middle line1692

middle road1759

mid-ground1825

juste milieu1831

via media1834

middle ground1961

1825 S. T. Coleridge Let. 15 July (1971) V. 479 That scriptural mid-ground between Calvinism and the Socinian Scheme.

1899 McClure's Mag. Jan. 278 There is a vale between expediency and the convenience of posterity, a mid-ground which enables men to surely benefit the hereafter people.

1934 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 29 59 On the one extreme there are those..who minimize the rôle of nature; in the midground is a large group of biologists..who attribute a prominent rôle to nurture; [etc.].

1991 Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Nexis) 11 Mar. 4 A mid-ground must be reached which balances the competing considerations.

2. = middle distance n. 1 (cf. middle ground n. 2). Also: land of an intermediate character.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > perspective > [noun] > planes, lines, or points

horizontal plane1638

eye-pointa1650

table1670

principal point1671

plan1678

geometrical plane1695

terrestrial line1704

vertical plane1704

baseline1724

station line1724

middle ground1753

picture plane1771

middle distance1778

primitive plane1798

seat1815

mid-distance1828

ground-plane1833

station point1859

mid-ground1864

no-sky line1927

1864 T. S. King White Hills 389 The smaller Franconia group rises farther away in front, separated from them by the dark bulk of Cherry Mountain in mid-ground.

1933 Ecol. Monogr. 3 82 (caption) Oak-chaparral, midground; Western yellow pine on ridge; grasses in foreground.

1973 B. Broadfoot Ten Lost Years xxvi. 300 It's what we call midground hay, not marsh hay, tall and heavy.

1995 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 22 Oct. c1 The setting has no real background, only a foreground of garden homes and a mid-ground of parks and trees.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mid-ground
释义	mid-groundn. Brit. /ˈmɪdɡraʊnd/, U.S. /ˈmɪdˌɡraʊnd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., ground n. Etymology: < mid adj. + ground n. Compare middle ground n. 1. = middle ground n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > middle course middle way?c1225 midwayc1451 golden mean1541 middle course1579 mid-course1603 middle path1606 third way1638 midstream1670 middle line1692 middle road1759 mid-ground1825 juste milieu1831 via media1834 middle ground1961 1825 S. T. Coleridge Let. 15 July (1971) V. 479 That scriptural mid-ground between Calvinism and the Socinian Scheme. 1899 McClure's Mag. Jan. 278 There is a vale between expediency and the convenience of posterity, a mid-ground which enables men to surely benefit the hereafter people. 1934 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 29 59 On the one extreme there are those..who minimize the rôle of nature; in the midground is a large group of biologists..who attribute a prominent rôle to nurture; [etc.]. 1991 Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Nexis) 11 Mar. 4 A mid-ground must be reached which balances the competing considerations. 2. = middle distance n. 1 (cf. middle ground n. 2). Also: land of an intermediate character. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > perspective > [noun] > planes, lines, or points horizontal plane1638 eye-pointa1650 table1670 principal point1671 plan1678 geometrical plane1695 terrestrial line1704 vertical plane1704 baseline1724 station line1724 middle ground1753 picture plane1771 middle distance1778 primitive plane1798 seat1815 mid-distance1828 ground-plane1833 station point1859 mid-ground1864 no-sky line1927 1864 T. S. King White Hills 389 The smaller Franconia group rises farther away in front, separated from them by the dark bulk of Cherry Mountain in mid-ground. 1933 Ecol. Monogr. 3 82 (caption) Oak-chaparral, midground; Western yellow pine on ridge; grasses in foreground. 1973 B. Broadfoot Ten Lost Years xxvi. 300 It's what we call midground hay, not marsh hay, tall and heavy. 1995 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 22 Oct. c1 The setting has no real background, only a foreground of garden homes and a mid-ground of parks and trees. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1825
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