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mid-August en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Germanic *midjaz
Proto-West Germanic *midi
Old English midd
Middle English mid
English mid
English mid-
English August
English mid-August
From mid- + August.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Happening in the middle of August.
The bureau must now figure the next steps the reclamation bureau commissioner, Camille Touton, can take after the mid-August deadline has passed for the seven Colorado river states to reduce water use by 25%.
2022 August 16, Gabrielle Canon, Richard Luscombe, “US issues western water cuts as drought leaves Colorado River near ‘tipping point’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2022:
mid-August en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Germanic *midjaz
Proto-West Germanic *midi
Old English midd
Middle English mid
English mid
English mid-
English August
English mid-August
From mid- + August.
Meanings
-
(not-comparable) In the middle of August.
mid-August en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Germanic *midjaz
Proto-West Germanic *midi
Old English midd
Middle English mid
English mid
English mid-
English August
English mid-August
From mid- + August.
Meanings
-
(uncountable) Any time in the middle of August.
Deriveds
Battle of Mid-August