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middle groundˌmiddle ˈground noun [uncountable]   - He has decided that the election will be won or lost on social issues in the electoral middle ground.
- In interviewing successful entrepreneurs we have become convinced: There is no middle ground.
- It was this middle ground that I feel was reinforced by the Hebron agreement.
- More important, the census gives an entirely different account of what is happening in this suburban middle ground.
- People come in all shapes and sizes and rucksack makers often have to aim for the middle ground when deciding on specifications.
- The constituency's middle ground is a mess.
- Wynns held a colorful conversation with Sierra Club representative Howard Strassner to see if they could find middle ground.
moderate beliefs, opinions etc► moderate having opinions or beliefs, especially about politics, that are not extreme and that most people consider reasonable or sensible: · The new church leaders are more moderate in their plans for reform.· The party's moderate leadership wants open relations with the West.· Moderate socialists believe in democratic reform rather than revolution. ► middle-of-the-road not including any extreme or important changes, and keeping to ordinary, safe political aims, especially in order to avoid criticism, opposition, or risk: · He made a direct appeal to middle-of-the-road voters.· Lee described her politics as "middle-of-the-road." ► middle ground the area of political opinion that most people agree about, even if they support different political parties: · The health care proposal holds the middle ground, and reformers hope it will gain support.find a middle ground: · This issue is so important the two parties are going to have to find a middle ground.occupy the middle ground (=support the opinions of the middle ground): · The Social Democrats wanted to occupy the middle ground between the Conservative and Labor parties in Britain. ► the centre British /the center American the area of political opinion between the opinions of the more extreme political parties: · The party has moved towards the centre in recent years.centre-right/centre-left (=having qualities of both the center and the right or left in politics): · He will require the backing of the center-left in order to advance his center-right agenda. ideas that are not extreme, and that people who oppose each other can agree about:  The negotiators could find no middle ground. |