middle
To strike with the middle portion of the face of the batTo strike (the ball) with the middle portion of the face of the bat.
» Tom is a middle-aged man.
Том - мужчина средних лет.
Том — чоловік середнього віку.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To strike (the ball) with the middle portion of the face of the bat.
(obsolete, transitive)To take a middle view of.
put in the middle
(obsolete, transitive)To double (a rope) into two equal portions; to fold in the middle.
Examples
1444 sentencesTom is a middle-aged man.
Том — чоловік середнього віку. — deniko
ruТом - мужчина средних лет. — marafon
Do you have a middle name?
У тебе є друге ім'я? — deniko
I thought your middle name was Tom.
Я думав, твоє друге ім'я — Том. — deniko
I know his middle name isn't Tom.
Я знаю, що його друге ім'я не Том. — deniko
I know his middle name is Tom.
Я знаю, що його друге ім'я — Том. — deniko
Origin
From Middle English myddel, middel, from Old English middel (“middle, centre, waist”), froFrom Middle English myddel, middel, from Old English middel (“middle, centre, waist”), from Proto-Germanic *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *midjō (“middle, midst”) (compare *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective)), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”).
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Forms
middles, middling, middled, middledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- in the middle
- the middle of
- middle of the
- middle of nowhere
- middle name
- middle of something
- middle name is
- middle of a
- middle aged
- my middle name
- middle class
- his middle name