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midway en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /mɪdweɪ/

Etymology

From Middle English mydwaye, mydweye, from Old English midweġ (“midway”), equivalent to mid- + way. Cognate with Dutch midweg (“midway”), Middle Low German midwech (“midway”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Being in the middle of the way or distance; middle.
    • A: Where's the ship at currently? B: It is midway.
    • He told me to identify a good midway point at which I could pause the job.

Deriveds

midway briefs · Midway Park

Synonyms

halfway

Translations (4)

gl a metade de camiño (being in the middle of the way) · fi puoliväli- (being in the middle of the way) · bg посред път (being in the middle of the way) · fi puolivälin (being in the middle of the way)

midway en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /mɪdweɪ/

Etymology

From Middle English mydwaye, mydweye, from Old English midweġ (“midway”), equivalent to mid- + way. Cognate with Dutch midweg (“midway”), Middle Low German midwech (“midway”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Halfway; equidistant from either end point; in the middle between two points.
    • It shell-shocked the home crowd, who quickly demanded a response, which came midway through the half and in emphatic fashion. 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:
    • He stopped me midway through the job and told me to put it on hold.
    • Originally scheduled to come up mid-way through the alphabetically-ordered agenda by being listed as "Lesbianism," the issue was pushed back to 23 (out of 26 resolutions) with the renaming of it as "Sexual Preference." 1977 December 10, Leslie Cagan, “IWY: Lesbians at Houston and Beyond”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 23, page 3:

midway en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /mɪdweɪ/

Etymology

From Middle English mydwaye, mydweye, from Old English midweġ (“midway”), equivalent to mid- + way. Cognate with Dutch midweg (“midway”), Middle Low German midwech (“midway”).

Meanings

  1. The middle; the midst.
  2. A middle way or manner; a mean or middle path between extremes.
    • Prayes, and distroyes the prayer, no midway Twixt these extreames at all. c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
    • Paths indirect, or in the midway faint. 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  3. (US) The part of a fair or circus where rides, entertainments, and booths are concentrated.
  4. (US) The widest aisle in the middle of an industrial complex (such as railroad shops or a coach yard) along which various buildings are aligned.

Forms

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midways Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

main street · main street · thoroughfare · thoroughfare · main drag · broadway · broadway · main drag

Deriveds

Midway · key to the midway

Synonyms

midpoint · middle course · midpoint · midway · center · middle

Translations (10)

fi pääkatu (part of a fair) · ml നടുക്ക് (middle, midst) · cho iklʋnna (middle, midst) · fi keskitie (middle way or manner) · ga fothaispeántas (part of a fair) · ml മധ്യം (middle, midst) · fi keskikohta (middle, midst) · es medianía (middle way or manner) · eo meze de (middle way or manner) · eo meze de (middle, midst)