WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024Mid•dle Ag•es /ˈmɪdəl ˈeɪdʒɪz/USA pronunciation n. [plural* the + ~]- World Historythe time in European history from the late 5th century to about 1350.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Mid′dle Ag′es, - World Historythe time in European history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance (from about 500a.d. to about 1350): sometimes restricted to the later part of this period (after 1100) and sometimes extended to 1450 or 1500.
- plural of Middle Age, translation of Neo-Latin Medium Aevum 1715–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Middle Ages n the Middle Ages - (broadly) the period from the end of classical antiquity (or the deposition of the last W Roman emperor in 476 ad) to the Italian Renaissance (or the fall of Constantinople in 1453)
- (narrowly) the period from about 1000 ad to the 15th century
Compare Dark Ages