middle : Idioms & Phrases

• noun accompanies the middle cerebral artery deep in the Sylvian fissure; empties into the basal vein
  

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• . (logic) The name given to the third of the "three logical axioms," so-called, namely, to that one which is expressed by the formula: "Everything is either A or Not-A." no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under Contradiction.

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• adjective satellite about average; acceptable
  adequate; passable; tolerable.
  
  • more than adequate as a secretary

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• passable; tolerable. Colloq.

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• adjective satellite occupying the lower part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society
  

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• noun the time of life between youth and old age (e.g., between 40 and 60 years of age)
  middle age.
  

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• noun the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
  Dark Ages.
  
• noun the time of life between youth and old age (e.g., between 40 and 60 years of age)
  middle age.
  

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• the period of time intervening between the decline of the Roman Empire and the revival of letters. Hallam regards it as beginning with the sixth and ending with the fifteenth century.

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• adjective satellite of a region of the United States generally including Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; and usually New York; Pennsylvania; New Jersey
  mid-Atlantic.
  
  • mid-Atlantic states

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• noun moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow
  middlebreaker; lister; lister plough; lister plow.
  

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• noun the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff; 261.63 hertz
  

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• noun one of two branches of the internal carotid artery; divides into three branches
  

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• noun either of two cerebral veins
  vena cerebri media.
  

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• noun the social class between the lower and upper classes
  bourgeoisie.
  

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• in England, people who have an intermediate position between the aristocracy and the artisan class. It includes professional men, bankers, merchants, and small landed proprietors

  The middle-class electorate of Great Britain. M. Arnold.

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• noun the part of a scene between the foreground and the background
  

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• . (Paint.) See Middle-ground.

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• noun the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear
  tympanum; tympanic cavity.
  

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• noun the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century
  Mideast; Near East.
  
  • the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization

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• adjective of or relating to or located in the Middle East
  

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• noun English from about 1100 to 1450
  

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• . See English, n., 2.

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• noun the second finger; between the index finger and the ring finger
  

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• noun the Greek language from about 600 to 1200 AD
  Medieval Greek; Byzantine Greek.
  

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• noun High German from 1100 to 1500
  

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• noun Irish Gaelic from 1100 to 1500
  

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• China.

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• noun Low German from 1100 to 1500
  

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• noun branch of the maxillary artery; its branches supply meninges
  

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• noun a name between your first name and your surname
  

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• noun a person who takes a position in the political center
  centrist; moderationist; moderate.
  

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• (Chem.), that part of the distillate obtained from coal tar which passes over between 170° and 230° Centigrade; distinguished from the light, and the heavy or dead, oil.

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• noun the time period of Neanderthal man; ended about 35,000 years BC
  

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• in the slave trade, that part of the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the West Indies.

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• . (Arch.) Same as King-post.

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• noun a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
  secondary school; lycee; Gymnasium; lyceum.
  

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• New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware; which, at the time of the formation of the Union, occupied a middle position between the Eastern States (or New England) and the Southern States. U.S.

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• noun arises near the eye; joins the superficial temporal veins to form the retromandibular vein
  

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• noun the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion
  

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• (Logic), that term of a syllogism with which the two extremes are separately compared, and by means of which they are brought together in the conclusion. Brande.

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• noun a vein on each side that drains the lateral part of the thyroid and empties into the internal jugular vein
  

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• (Paint.), a subdued or neutral tint. Fairholt.

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• . (Gram.) See under Voice.

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• noun a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)
  graveyard watch; midwatch; night watch.
  

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• the period from midnight to four A. M.; also, the men on watch during that time. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

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• a pugilist, boxer, or wrestler classed as of medium weight, i. e., over 140 and not over 160 lbs., in distinction from those classed as light weights, heavy weights, etc.

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• noun the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)
  midwestern United States; Midwest.
  

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Mid"dle-age`

Etymology

Middle + age. Cf. Mediæval.

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1. Of or pertaining to the Middle Ages; mediæval.

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• adjective satellite being roughly between 45 and 65 years old
  

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Mid"dle-aged` adjective

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1. Being about the middle of the ordinary age of man; between 30 and 50 years old. now considered as 40 to 60 [MW10]!!

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• noun a man who is roughly between 45 and 65 years old
  

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• adjective occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy
  

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• noun hearing loss due to problems with the bones of the middle ear
  conductive hearing loss; conduction deafness.
  

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Mid"dle-earth` noun

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1. The world, considered as lying between heaven and hell. Obs. a land in Tolkien's "Hobbit" and "Ring" books Shak.

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Mid"dle-ground` noun

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1. (Paint.) That part of a picture between the foreground and the background.

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• adjective satellite intermediate in rank or position
  
  • middle-level management

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• adjective satellite supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative
  centrist.
  
• adjective satellite not extreme, especially in political views
  

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• noun a large vein along the line of the Sylvian fissure to the cavernous sinus
  

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• adjective satellite occupying the upper part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society
  

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