middle

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   between an earlier and a later period of time

   in the middle years

2. 2
   noun

   an intermediate part or section

   A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end- Aristotle

3. 3
   noun

   time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period

   the middle of the war

4. 4
   noun

   A centre, midpoint.

   The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle.

5. 5
   noun

   The part between the beginning and the end.

   I woke up in the middle of the night.

6. 6
   noun

   The central part of a human body; the waist.

   If I have a diet plan and stick to it, it is easy for me to have control over my middle.

7. 7
   noun

   the center of the political spectrum.

   As part of his successful re-election strategy, Clinton began governing from the middle.

8. 8
   adj

   Located in the middle; in between.

   the middle point

Etymology

From Middle English 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”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Middel (“middle”), West Frisian mul (“middle”), Dutch middel (“means; medicine, cure”), German mittel (“middle”, adjective), Mittel (“means; medicament, remedy”, noun), Luxembourgish Mëttel (“means, method; medicament”), Vilamovian mytuł (“middle”), Yi…