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(mɪdweɪ) also mid-way
1. adverb
If something is midway between two places, it is between them and the same distance from each of them.
The studio is midway between his aunt's old home and his cottage.
Synonyms: halfway, in the middle of, part-way, equidistant More Synonyms of midway
Midway is also an adjective.
...the midway point between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester.
2. adverb [ADVERB after verb]
If something happens midway through a period of time, it happens during the middle part of it.
He crashed midway through the race. [+ through]
He returned midway through the afternoon.
Midway is also an adjective.
They were denied an obvious penalty before the midway point of the first half.

midway in British English

(ˈmɪdˌweɪ)
adjective, adverb
1. 
in or at the middle of the distance; halfway
noun
2.  US and Canadian
a place in a fair, carnival, etc, where sideshows are located
3.  obsolete
a middle place, way, etc

midway in American English

(ˈmɪdˌweɪ; also, for adj. & adv., ˈmɪdˈweɪ)
noun
1.  Obsolete
a. 
the middle of the way or distance
b. 
a middle way or course
2.  US
that part of a fair or exposition where sideshows and other amusements are located
adjective, adverb
3. 
in the middle of the way or distance; halfway
Word origin
ME midwei < OE midweg; (sense 2) orig. short for Midway Plaisance, the amusement area of the Columbian Exposition (1893), in Chicago

Examples of 'midway' in a sentence
midway

Wilbraham then missed two simple chances in three minutes midway through the second half.
The Sun (2016)
The visitors' captain managed to spoon it over from just three yards out midway through the first half.
The Sun (2016)
We cannot remove anyone from the team midway through a season.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Why should a third sneak along the ditch to a position about midway between the two groups?
Evans, Peter & Deehan, Geoff The Descent of Mind - the how and why of intelligence (1990)
It was not until midway through the period that the home side exerted some sustained threat.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He capped a fine performance with a cracking solo goal midway through the half.
The Sun (2014)
It was game over midway through the first half.
The Sun (2015)
Two goals in the space of five minutes midway through the second half clinched the win.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
How can they do this to the fans midway through a season?
The Sun (2014)
But midway through the half they were behind.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It turned dramatically midway through the first half.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Two goals in five minutes midway through the first half put the visitors in control.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The damage was done in two minutes midway through the first half.
The Sun (2009)
And midway through the first half they did find the route to goal once more.
The Sun (2015)
He took over midway through last season and kept the club up by the skin of his teeth.
The Sun (2006)
Until the midway point, their path had been blocked.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The midway point was hardest.
The Sun (2013)
Inside the arena tonight, midway through the tour, the excitement is palpable.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The home side powered into a three-goal lead but the east Londoners struck twice in four minutes midway through the second half.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

In other languages
midway

British English: midway ADVERB
If something is midway between two places, it is between them and the same distance from each of them.
The studio is midway between his aunt's old home and his cottage.
  • American English: midway
  • Brazilian Portuguese: a meio caminho
  • Chinese: 中间
  • European Spanish: medio camino
  • French: à mi-chemin
  • German: auf halbem Weg
  • Italian: a metà strada
  • Japanese: 中間地点で
  • Korean: 중간쯤에
  • European Portuguese: a meio caminho
  • Latin American Spanish: medio camino

Chinese translation of 'midway'

midway

(mɪdˈweɪ)

adj

  1. the midway point (in space) 中间(間)位置 (zhōngjiān wèizhì) (in time) 到一半的时(時)候 (dào yībàn de shíhou)

adv

  1. (in space)
    midway between sth and sth 某地与(與)某地的中间(間) (mǒudì yǔ mǒudì de zhōngjiān)
  2. (in time)
    midway through sth 某事中途 (mǒushì zhōngtú)
(adverb) 
Definition
to the middle of the distance
The studio is midway between his house and the station.
Synonyms
halfway
He was halfway up the ladder.
in the middle of
part-way
equidistant
at the midpoint
betwixt and between

Synonyms of 'midway'

midway

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