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- [mid]
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- /mɪd/
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- [mid]
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Definitions of mid word
- adjective mid being at or near the middle point of: in mid autumn. 1
- adjective mid being or occupying a middle place or position: in the mid nineties of the last century. 1
- adjective mid Phonetics. (of a vowel) articulated with an opening above the tongue relatively intermediate between those for high and low: the vowels of beet, bet, and hot are respectively high, mid, and low. Compare high (def 23), low1 (def 30). 1
- noun mid a midshipman. 1
- preposition mid amid. 1
- noun mid Of or in the middle part or position of a range. 1
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Origin of mid
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English, Old English midd- (both an adj. and the initial element of a compound; modern spellings such as mid autumn are probably a reanalysis of mid- as an adj.); cognate with Old High German mitti, Old Norse mithr, Gothic midjis, Old Irish mide, Latin medius, Greek mésos, Sanskrit madhya middle, OCS mežda limit, border
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Parts of speech for Mid
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mid popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mid usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mid
adj mid
- central — Something that is central is in the middle of a place or area.
- halfway — to half the distance; to midpoint: The rope reaches only halfway.
- intermediate — being, situated, or acting between two points, stages, things, persons, etc.: the intermediate steps in a procedure.
- medial — situated in or pertaining to the middle; median; intermediate.
- middle — equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio.
adverb mid
- midway — several U.S. islets in the N Pacific, about 1300 miles (2095 km) NW of Hawaii: Japanese defeated in a naval battle June, 1942; 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- betwixt — betwixt and between, neither the one nor the other; in a middle or unresolved position: Not wanting to side with either her father or her mother, she was betwixt and between.
- medially — situated in or pertaining to the middle; median; intermediate.
- between — If something is between two things or is in between them, it has one of the things on one side of it and the other thing on the other side.
- amidst — Amidst means the same as amid.
preposition mid
- all along — If something has been true or been present all along, it has been true or been present throughout a period of time.
- during — throughout the duration, continuance, or existence of: He lived in Florida during the winter.
- amongst — Amongst means the same as among.
- in the middle of — at the centre of
- for the time being — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
adjective mid
- median — a Mede.
- medium — a middle state or condition; mean.
- equidistant — At equal distances.
- midmost — being in the very middle; middlemost; middle.
- intervening — to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate.
noun mid
- middlemost — midmost.
- centermost — Alternative form of centremost.
Antonyms for mid
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