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middle

('m/I/d/@/l )

of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages(adj.all)

Example:
Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500.
Middle Gaelic.

source: wordnet30
between an earlier and a later period of time(adj.all)

Example:
In the middle years.
In his middle thirties.

Antonym:
late

source: wordnet30
Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age.(adjective)

source: webster1913

an area that is approximately central within some larger region(noun.location)

Synonym:
center, centre, eye, heart

source: wordnet30
an intermediate part or section(noun.cognition)

Example:
A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end.

Antonym:
end

source: wordnet30
the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)(noun.body)

Synonym:
midriff, midsection

source: wordnet30
time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period(noun.time)

Example:
The middle of the war.
Rain during the middle of April.

Antonym:
end, ending

source: wordnet30
The point or part equally distant from the extremities or exterior limits, as of a line, a surface, or a solid; an intervening point or part in space, time, or order of series; the midst; central portion(noun)

source: webster1913

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