mid
adjective
being at or near the middle point of.
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[mid]
/ mɪd /
adjective
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being at or near the middle point of.
We visited in mid autumn to catch the leaves at their best.
The group was active in the mid 1890s.
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being or occupying a middle place or position.
These socks hit at the mid calf, making them good for wearing with boots.
The bark mid trunk has been eaten away by insects.
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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.
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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.
noun
mid
2
American
[mid]
/ mɪd /
Or
'mid
preposition
mid
3
American
[mid]
/ mɪd /
noun
Informal.
mid-
4
American
mid.
5
American
abbreviation
Mid.
6
American
abbreviation
M.I.D.
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American
abbreviation
mid
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British
/ mɪd /
adjective
noun
Mid.
2
British
abbreviation
mid
3
British
/ mɪd /
preposition
mid.
4
British
abbreviation
mid-
5
British
combining form
Etymology
Origin of mid1
First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English midd- (both an adjective and the initial element of a compound; modern spellings such as mid autumn are probably a reanalysis of the combining form mid- as an adjective); cognate with Old High German mitti, Old Norse mithr, Gothic midjis; akin to Greek mésos, méssos, méttos, Latin medius, Old Church Slavonic mežda “limit, border,” Old Irish mide, Sanskrit madhya “middle”; see also mid-
Origin of mid3
By shortening
Origin of mid-4
Middle English, Old English; see mid 1
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In the mid 2000s, buzzy brands like Pinkberry and Red Mango brought fro-yo back to the forefront with distinctly tart flavors, fresh fruit toppings and celebrity followings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The significance became even clearer during Starship's fifth integrated flight test, when the returning Super Heavy booster was successfully caught in mid air by the giant mechanical arms of the launch tower.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Growth generally occurred between December and April, then slowed during mid summer and ended by August even though photosynthesis continued.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
For Northern Ireland and Scotland, temperatures are expected to reach the mid 20s Celsius by Friday.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The beats are so regular, in fact, that they can be timed; for equal temperament they are on the order of a beat per second in the mid range of a piano.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Around 40% of U.S. companies, particularly mid- and small-caps, have negative earnings.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Some forecast models keep it across the UK which would mean that temperatures stay in the mid- to high 20s.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
While BYD, XPeng, Li Auto and NIO have all introduced proprietary chips, the automakers are unlikely to target the mid- to low-end computing segments, where chips are becoming what they describe as “increasingly commoditized.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
While mid- and late-career employees could hang on to their positions longer in that scenario, younger workers would likely struggle to break in.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
It is instructive to look at a chart of the crime rate in New York City from, say, the mid- 1960s to the late 1990s.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
The mid. was received by Mons'r Baudin with much kindness.
From The Naval Pioneers of Australia by Becke, Louis
A few verbs, called deponent, are throughout pass. in form, but act. or mid. in meaning.
From Greek in a Nutshell by Strong, James
The active terminations are assumed throughout by the Perf. and Pluperf. mid., and the Aorists pass.
From Greek in a Nutshell by Strong, James
In N. T. Mid., “to choose out for one’s self.”
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert
Besides this, all the prose oracles given at Delphi were doubtless written in Doric; as e.g. that in Demosth. in Mid. p.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
"If you just wrote DDT on the wall, mosquitoes used to die," says Dr. M.I.D.
From Time Magazine Archive
The M.I.D. is all right in its place—Good Lord!
From Astounding Stories, May, 1931 by Various
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