mid
Occupying a middle positionOccupying a middle position; middle.
» We can make it by mid-afternoon.
Meaning
4 senses(no comparative)Occupying a middle position; middle.
used in combination to denote the middle
(no comparative)Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds, such as, [e o ɛ ɔ].
mittel
(no comparative)Mediocre; of middling quality.
(Internet, broadly, no comparative)Trashy; low-quality.
Examples
159 sentencesWe can make it by mid-afternoon.
Tom is going through a mid-life crisis.
ruТом переживает кризис среднего возраста.
By the time I got out of bed, it was mid-afternoon.
Tom is in his mid-thirties.
ruТому за тридцать.
deTom ist Mitte 30.
Hazelnuts are harvested in mid-autumn.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Inherited from Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“mid, middle, midway”), fInherited from Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“mid, middle, midway”), from Proto-West Germanic *midi, from Proto-Germanic *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”).
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Forms
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91 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
4 patterns- his mid thirties
- in his mid
- mid thirties
- mid afternoon