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mid-
mid-pref. Middle: midsummer.
[Middle English, from mid, middle; see mid1.]Usage Note: Many compounds other than those entered here are formed with mid-. In forming compounds, mid- is normally joined to the following word or element without a space or hyphen: midpoint. If the second element begins with a capital letter, it is separated with a hyphen: mid-May. It is always acceptable to separate the elements with a hyphen to prevent possible confusion with another form, as, for example, to distinguish mid-den (the middle of a den) from the word midden. Note that the adjective mid1 is a separate word, though, as is the case with any adjective, it may be joined to another word with a hyphen when used as a unit modifier: in the mid Pacific but a mid-Pacific island.mid- combining form indicating a middle part, point, time, or position: midday; mid-April; mid-Victorian. [Old English; see middle, mid1]mid1 (mɪd)
adj. 1. being at or near the middle point of: in mid autumn. 2. (of a vowel) articulated with an opening above the tongue approximately intermediate between those for high and low, as the vowels of bet, bait, but, and boat. Compare high (def. 20), low 1 (def. 27). n. 3. Archaic. the middle. [before 900; Middle English, Old English midd-; c. Old High German mitti, Old Norse mithr, Gothic midjis, Old Irish mide, Latin medius, Greek mésos, Skt madhya middle] mid2 or 'mid (mɪd)
prep. amid. mid- a combining form representing mid1: midday; mid-Victorian. mid. middle. TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeMIDmid-
mid- (mid), Middle. [A.S. mid, midd] mid- Combining form meaning middle. [A.S. mid, midd]ThesaurusSeemid |