midway

Noun
  1. The place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located (synset 108632321)
    is a type of: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract - an extended area of land
    is a part of: carnival, fair, funfair - a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
  2. Naval battle of World War II (June 1942);
    American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands (synset 101290275)
    domain region: midway islands - an atoll in the Hawaiian Islands some 1300 miles to the northwest of Honolulu; site of an important United States naval base
    is an instance of: naval battle - a pitched battle between naval fleets
    is a part of: second world war, world war 2, world war ii - a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
    same as: battle of midway
Adverb
  1. At half the distance;
    At the middle (synset 400256895)
    "he was halfway down the ladder when he fell"
    same as: halfway
Adjective
  1. 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, middle

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