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(mɪd-)
prefix
Mid- is used to form nouns or adjectives that refer to the middle part of a particular period of time, or the middle point of a particularplace.
...the mid-eighteenth century.
Davis is in her mid-thirties.
...the mid-west of America.

mid in British English 1

(mɪd)
adjective
1.  phonetics
of, relating to, or denoting a vowel whose articulation lies approximately halfway between high and low, such as e in English bet
noun
2.  an archaic word for middle
Word origin
C12 midre (inflected form of midd, unattested); related to Old Norse mithr, Gothic midjis

mid in British English 2

or 'mid (mɪd)
preposition
a poetic word for amid

mid. in British English

abbreviation for
middle
 

middle in British English

(ˈmɪdəl)
adjective
1. 
equally distant from the ends or periphery of something; central
2. 
intermediate in status, situation, etc
3. 
located between the early and late parts of a series, time sequence, etc
4. 
not extreme, esp in size; medium
5. 
(esp in Greek and Sanskrit grammar) denoting a voice of verbs expressing reciprocal or reflexive action
Compare active (sense 5), passive (sense 5)
6. (usually capital)
(of a language) intermediate between the earliest and the modern forms
Middle English
noun
7. 
an area or point equal in distance from the ends or periphery or in time between theearly and late parts
8. 
an intermediate part or section, such as the waist
9.  grammar
the middle voice
10.  logic middle term
11. 
the ground between rows of growing plants
12. 
a discursive article in a journal, placed between the leading articles and the book reviews
13.  cricket
a position on the batting creases in alignment with the middle stumps on which a batsman may take guard
verb (transitive)
14. 
to place in the middle
15.  nautical
to fold in two
16.  football
to return (the ball) from the wing to midfield
17.  cricket
to hit (the ball) with the middle of the bat

Mid. in British English

abbreviation for
Midshipman

mid- in British English

combining form
indicating a middle part, point, time, or position
midday
mid-April
mid-Victorian
Word origin
Old English; see middle, mid1

Mid in American English

Midshipman

mid in American English 1

(mɪd)
adjective
1. 
middle
2.  Phonetics
articulated with the tongue in a position approximately halfway between high and low
said of certain vowels, as (e) in set
noun
3.  Archaic
the middle
Word origin
ME < OE midd-, akin to Goth midjis, ON mithr < IE *medhjo- (> L medius, Gr mesos) < base *me-, between

mid in American English 2

(mɪd)
preposition
OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
amid
: also 'mid

mid in American English 3

middle

mid- in American English

(mɪd)
middle or middle part of
midbrain, mid-June

Examples of 'mid' in a sentence
mid

Temperatures are set to rise to the mid or high twenties again as we pull in more of a southerly airflow.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Earnings are forecast to be in the mid to high single digits for the next few years.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Things were really touch and go in the early to mid 1980s.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We do not need up to 13 million more people by the mid century.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
By the mid 1970s he was one of the most widely acclaimed artists of his generation.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But in the mid 1980s something went wrong.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
By the mid eighteenth century the new game laws and increasing enclosure (see pp.
Judith Flanders Consuming Passions: Leisure and Pleasure in Victorian Britain (2006)
Temperatures increased day on day, reaching the mid to high twenties.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Its share of the vote has been trapped in the low to mid 30s at four successive elections.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
One of the oldest items in the series is a silver gilt coronation spoon from the mid 14th century.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
So it is just as likely that the spasms of violence causing surges of migration from poor countries will have died away by mid century.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The forest is best approached at mid to low tide across the cove, up steps and through grass and woodland.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Lost touch in the mid 1990s.
The Sun (2010)
By the mid 1980s this had reached an impossible situation with overtime payments accounting for almost one third of the salary bill.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
In the mid twentieth century, mobility of continents began to seem like a theory with a chance of being properly tested.
Richard Fortey THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
In the last six to eight years, we've been in the mid to high nineties.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
By the mid 1970s, church growth was a hot topic.
Christianity Today (2000)
Kew Gardens had a thriving hedgehog population until the mid 1980s when badgers first arrived there.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Yet it was to an earlier chapter of art history that Ferry turned when he began making serious money in the mid 1970s.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Consequently from the mid 1960s the use of intelligence tests in the USA declined.
Siann, Gerda & Ugwuegbu, Denis C. E. Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988)
They began picking up in the mid- 1990s.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
One could understand the in mid- afternoon, but should roof have remained closed in the when it was cooler?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I slept really well and didn't get my regular mid- afternoon energy slump.
The Sun (2013)

In other languages
mid-

British English: mid /mɪd/ ADJECTIVE
Mid- is used to form nouns or adjectives that refer to the middle part of a particular period of time, or the middle point of a particular place.
...the mid-eighteenth century.
  • American English: mid
  • Arabic: أَوْسَط
  • Brazilian Portuguese: meio
  • Chinese: 中间的
  • Croatian: srednji
  • Czech: prostřední
  • Danish: midterst
  • Dutch: midden
  • European Spanish: a mediados de
  • Finnish: keski-
  • French: mi-
  • German: in der Mitte
  • Greek: μεσαίος
  • Italian: metà
  • Japanese: 中間の
  • Korean: 중간의
  • Norwegian: midtre
  • Polish: środkowy
  • European Portuguese: meio
  • Romanian: semi
  • Russian: срединный
  • Latin American Spanish: a mediados de
  • Swedish: mitt-
  • Thai: กลาง
  • Turkish: orta
  • Ukrainian: серед-
  • Vietnamese: giữa

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