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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
mid-December 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-
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥
Proto-Italic *dekəm
Latin decem
Latin December
Latin decemberbor.
Old French decembrebor.
Middle English December
English December
English mid-December
From mid- + December.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Happening in the middle of December.
mid-December 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-
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥
Proto-Italic *dekəm
Latin decem
Latin December
Latin decemberbor.
Old French decembrebor.
Middle English December
English December
English mid-December
From mid- + December.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In the middle of December.
mid-December 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-
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥
Proto-Italic *dekəm
Latin decem
Latin December
Latin decemberbor.
Old French decembrebor.
Middle English December
English December
English mid-December
From mid- + December.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Any time in the middle of December.
Trump’s overall approval rating on immigration policy fell from 50% in March, before he launched crackdowns in several major U.S. cities, to 41% in mid-December, for what had been his strongest issue.
2025 December 21, Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke, Jeff Mason, “Trump set to expand immigration crackdown in 2026 despite brewing backlash”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2025:Mr. Manchin has insisted that legislation to streamline the permitting of fossil fuel and energy infrastructure projects, including the West Virginia pipeline, be tied to the spending measure, which is expected to keep the government funded through mid-December.
2022 September 21, Emily Cochrane, Lisa Friedman, “Manchin’s Gas Pipeline Deal Irks Both Parties, Snarling Spending Bill”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2022: