middle

Noun
  1. An area that is approximately central within some larger region (synset 108540894)
    "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
    is a type of: area, country - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
    subtypes:
    • center stage, centre stage - the central area on a theater stage
    • central city, city center, city centre - the central part of a city
    • storm center, storm centre - the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm
    • financial center - the part of a city where financial institutions are centered
    • hub - a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve
    • inner city - the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city
    • medical center - the part of a city where medical facilities are centered
    • midfield - (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)
    • seat - a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
    • midstream - the middle of a stream
    specific instances: city of london, the city - the part of London situated within the ancient boundaries; the commercial and financial center of London
    same as: center, centre, eye, heart
  2. An intermediate part or section (synset 105876894)
    "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"
    is a type of: division, part, section - one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
  3. The middle area of the human torso (usually in front) (synset 105563106)
    "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"
    is a type of: area, region - a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
    is a part of: body, torso, trunk - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
    same as: midriff, midsection
  4. Time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period (synset 115291496)
    "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April"
    is a type of: point, point in time - an instant of time
    subtypes: deep - the central and most intense or profound part
Adjective
  1. Being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series (synset 301018550)
    "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line"
    similar to: intermediate - lying between two extremes in time or space or state
    same as: in-between, mediate
  2. Equally distant from the extremes (synset 300331404)
    similar to: central - in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area
    same as: center, halfway, midway
  3. Of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages (synset 300824027)
    "Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500"; "Middle Gaelic"
    referred to in: linguistics - the scientific study of language
  4. Between an earlier and a later period of time (synset 300819510)
    "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties"
    tells us about: timing - the time when something happens
    similar to:
    • intervening - occurring or falling between events or points in time
    • mid - used in combination to denote the middle
Verb
  1. Put in the middle (synset 201501137)
    is a type of: lay, place, pose, position, put, set - put into a certain place or abstract location

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