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middle ground en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A compromised position between extremes.
   • But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which [Justin] Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days). 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020:
   • This is not a land of blowouts. It’s a middle ground, and that’s reflected in voter registration rolls. Nearly 2.6 million North Carolinians declare themselves unaffiliated, while just over 2.4 million identify as Democrats and just under 2.2 million as Republicans. We don’t tilt. We teeter. 2023 May 4, Frank Bruni, “Republicans Are Running Wild in My State”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2023:
   • Politicians must often find a middle ground to pass laws.
   • " [...] I want to work with the unions, I want to listen to their demands. We're not always going to agree, of course, but they want public ownership of the railways to work, and we want public ownership of the railways to work, so actually there's a middle ground here." 2022 April 6, Conrad Landin, “ScotRail in the public eye...”, in RAIL, number 954, page 40:
2. (countable, uncountable) The middle distance.

Forms

Deriveds

middle-grounder

Relateds

golden mean · compromise

Translations (23)

pl rozwiązanie kompromisowe (compromise position between extremes) · ga meánraon (middle distance) · es medianía (compromise position between extremes) · fr juste milieu (compromise position between extremes) · pl środek (middle distance) · ga meánionad (middle distance) · es medio término (compromise position between extremes) · fa موضع میانه (compromise position between extremes) · pl centrum (middle distance) · sv medelväg (compromise position between extremes) · pl kompromis (compromise position between extremes) · fi keskitie (compromise position between extremes) · nl middenweg (compromise position between extremes) · nl compromis (compromise position between extremes) · fi keskiala (middle distance) · es punto / término medio / intermedio / medial (compromise position between extremes) · pt meio-termo (compromise position between extremes) · fa حد وسط (middle distance) · tr orta yol (compromise position between extremes) · pl płaszczyzna porozumienia (compromise position between extremes) · fr milieu (compromise position between extremes) · fr compromis (compromise position between extremes) · fi välimaasto (compromise position between extremes)