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Mid·way M0287700 (mĭd′wā′) A US territory consisting of an atoll with two small islands in the central Pacific Ocean northwest of Honolulu. Discovered in 1859, Midway was annexed by the United States in 1867 and served as a naval air base until 1993. The American victory over the Japanese in the Battle of Midway (June 4-7, 1942) was a major turning point in the Pacific campaign of World War II.
mid·way M0287700 (mĭd′wā′)n.1. The area of a fair, carnival, circus, or exposition where sideshows and other amusements are located.2. Archaic a. The middle of a way or distance.b. A middle course of action or thought.adv. In the middle of a way or distance; halfway: midway through the second quarter of the football game.
mid′way′ adj.midway (ˈmɪdˌweɪ) adj, advin or at the middle of the distance; halfwayn1. US and Canadian a place in a fair, carnival, etc, where sideshows are located2. obsolete a middle place, way, etcmid•way (adv., adj. ˈmɪdˈweɪ; n. -ˌweɪ)
adv., adj. 1. in the middle of the way or distance; halfway. n. 2. (often cap.) a place or way, as at a fair or carnival, on or along which sideshows, games, concessions, etc. are located. 3. a place or part situated midway. [before 900; Old English midweg; definition 3 after the Midway Plaisance, main thoroughfare of an exposition held in Chicago in 1893] Mid•way (ˈmɪdˌweɪ)
n. several U.S. islets in the N Pacific, about 1300 mi. (2095 km) NW of Hawaii. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km). Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  midway - the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are locatedfair, funfair, carnival - a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land | | 2. |  Midway - naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway IslandsBattle of MidwaySecond World War, World War 2, World War II - a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945Midway Islands - an atoll in the Hawaiian Islands some 1300 miles to the northwest of Honolulu; site of an important United States naval base | | Adj. | 1. |  midway - equally distant from the extremes center, halfway, middlecentral - in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; "a central position" | | Adv. | 1. | midway - at half the distance; at the middle; "he was halfway down the ladder when he fell"halfway |
midwayadjective & adverb halfway, in the middle of, part-way, equidistant, at the midpoint, betwixt and between The studio is midway between his house and the station.midwayadjectiveNot extreme:central, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mid, middle, middle-of-the-road.Translationsmidway (midˈwei) adjective, adverb in the middle of the distance or time between two points; halfway. the midway point. 中途 中途Midway
Midway, island group (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), central Pacific, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) NW of Honolulu, comprising Sand and Eastern islands with the surrounding atoll. Discovered by Americans in 1859, Midway was annexed in 1867. A cable station was opened in 1903. In 1935, Midway became a commercial air station of Pan American Airways, and in 1941 a U.S. naval base was opened. The last navy facilities on the island closed in 1993. In 1996 the islands were transferred from the U.S. Navy to U.S. Dept. of the Interior, which manages them as a national wildlife refuge. The battle of Midway (June 3–6, 1942), one of the decisive Allied victories of World War II, involved the island but mainly occurred between opposing fleets at sea. Fought mostly with aircraft, it resulted in the destruction of four Japanese aircraft carriers, crippling the Japanese navy. Bibliography See C. L. Symonds, The Battle of Midway (2011). Midway a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean, in the northwestern group of the Hawaiian Islands. It arose on the basalt foundation of an extinct volcano. The lagoon of the atoll contains several tiny islands; the two largest—Sand Island and Eastern Island—have an area of 5.2 sq km. Population, 2,000 (1968). Midway is a stopover point on the air route between the USA and the countries of Asia. Sand Island has a trans-Pacific cable station, an airfield, and a lighthouse. During World War II a battle took place near Midway on June 4—6, 1942, between a large Japanese shock unit (including 11 battleships, six aircraft carriers with 293 planes, 16 cruisers, and 53 destroyers), which was attempting to capture the US base of operations at Midway, and an American fleet (three aircraft carriers with 243 planes, eight cruisers, and 14 destroyers). In fighting the American carrier aircraft, the Japanese lost four carriers, one cruiser, and 253 planes and were forced to retreat. As a result, the Japanese Navy lost its superiority in aircraft carriers. The Americans lost one carrier, one destroyer, and 150 planes. Midwaysite of decisive battle between Japanese and Americans in WWII (1942). [Am. Hist.: EB, VI: 877–878]See: Battle
Midwaydecisive American victory over Japanese in WWII (1942). [Am. Hist.: Fuller, III, 470–477]See: Turning Pointmidway
Related to midway: Battle of MidwaySynonyms for midwayadv halfwaySynonyms- halfway
- in the middle of
- part-way
- equidistant
- at the midpoint
- betwixt and between
Synonyms for midwayadj not extremeSynonyms- central
- intermediate
- mean
- medial
- median
- mid
- middle
- middle-of-the-road
Words related to midwaynoun the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are locatedRelated Words- fair
- funfair
- carnival
- parcel of land
- piece of ground
- piece of land
- tract
- parcel
noun naval battle of World War II (June 1942)SynonymsRelated Words- Second World War
- World War 2
- World War II
- Midway Islands
adj equally distant from the extremesSynonymsRelated Wordsadv at half the distanceSynonyms |