middle-distance
adjective/ˌmɪdl ˈdɪstəns/
/ˌmɪdl ˈdɪstəns/
[only before noun] (sport)- connected with running a race over a distance that is neither very short nor very long
- a middle-distance runner (= for example, somebody who runs 800 or 1500 metre races)
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMiddle-distance is used with these nouns:- event
- runner
- running
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