mid-

a combining form representing mid¹ in compound words: midday; mid-Victorian.

[ME, OE; see MID¹]

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mid- /mid-/

combining form

1. Denoting the middle part of

2. Of or in the middle of

ORIGIN: From ↑mid¹ (adj); not always hyphenated

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mid- UK US prefix

the middle of a period of time used with many nouns

in mid-September

during the mid-1950s

Cut the branches in mid or late summer.

Thesaurus: prefixes_hyponym

Variant: mid

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mid¹ «mihd», adjective, noun.

–adj.

1. in the middle of; middle: »

the mid days of autumn (Keats).

2. designating the middle or a middle: »

the mid sea (Milton).

3. Phonetics. articulated with the tongue midway between high and low position, as English e in bet, u in but.

–n.

Obsolete. middle: »

the mid of night (Shakespeare).

╂[Old English midd, adjective (found only in inflected forms)]

mid² or 'mid «mihd», preposition.

Archaic. amid: »

'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam (J. H. Payne).

╂[variant of amid; influenced by mid¹]

mid-,

prefix.

1. the middle point or part of _____: »

Midcontinent = the middle part of a continent.

2. of, in, or near the middle of _____: »

Midsummer = in the middle of summer.

╂[< mid¹]

mid.,

1. middle.

2. midshipman.

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comb. form denoting the middle of

midsection | mid-sentence

■ in the middle; medium; half

midway

Origin:

Old English midd, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin medius and Greek mesos

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mid- [mɪd] [mɪd] combining form

(in nouns and adjectives) in the middle of

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mid-morning coffee

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She's in her mid-thirties.

 

Word Origin:

[mid-] Old English midd, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin medius and Greek mesos.