mid
1being at or near the middle point of: We visited in mid autumn to catch the leaves at their best.
being or occupying a middle place or position: The group was active in the mid 1890s.
Phonetics. (of a vowel) articulated with an opening above the tongue relatively intermediate between those for high and low: the vowels of beet, bet, and bot are respectively high, mid, and low.: Compare high (def. 23), low1 (def. 30).
Slang. mediocre, unimpressive, or disappointing: Everyone thinks that show is so great, but I've always thought it was mid.The shoes are really mid but the shirt is cute.
Archaic. the middle.
Origin of mid
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or 'mid
amid.
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a midshipman.
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a combining form representing mid1 in compound words: midday; mid-Victorian.
Origin of mid-
4Other definitions for mid. (5 of 7)
middle.
Other definitions for Mid. (6 of 7)
Midshipman.
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Master of Industrial Design.
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How to use mid in a sentence
Bekase why: would a wise man want to live in de mids' er sich a blim-blammin' all de time?
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)I may be amang the mids o them ere ever I ken what Im doing.
It was soon officially known that whilst staying at Hong Kong, the princes would be publicly recognised simply as "mids."
In Eastern Seas | J. J. SmithNot long after, the mother of the child was seen to stop her camel, and the three mids passed by her unnoticed.
The Boy Slaves | Mayne ReidBesides these more civilised 'pipes,' the country-man's pipe of cornstalk is mentioned by Titania, in Mids.
Shakespeare and Music | Edward W. Naylor
British Dictionary definitions for mid (1 of 5)
/ (mɪd) /
phonetics of, relating to, or denoting a vowel whose articulation lies approximately halfway between high and low, such as e in English bet
an archaic word for middle
Origin of mid
1British Dictionary definitions for mid (2 of 5)
'mid
/ (mɪd) /
a poetic word for amid
British Dictionary definitions for mid- (3 of 5)
indicating a middle part, point, time, or position: midday; mid-April; mid-Victorian
Origin of mid-
3British Dictionary definitions for mid. (4 of 5)
middle
British Dictionary definitions for Mid. (5 of 5)
Midshipman
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