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Definition of middle adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

middle

adjective
 
 
/ˈmɪdl/
 
/ˈmɪdl/
[only before noun]Idioms
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  1. in a position in the middle of an object, group of objects, people, etc.; between the beginning and the end of something
    • Pens are kept in the middle drawer.
    • She's the middle child of three.
    • He was very successful in his middle forties.
    • a middle-sized room
    • the middle-income groups in society
    • The film's middle section was rather dull.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMiddle is used with these nouns:
    • age
    • bracket
    • childhood
    • …
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    Word OriginOld English middel, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch middel and German Mittel.
Idioms
(steer, take, etc.) a middle course | (find, etc.) a/the middle way
  1. (to take/find) an acceptable course of action that avoids two extreme positions
See middle in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee middle in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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