mid
1[ mid ]
/ mɪd /
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adjective
being at or near the middle point of: in mid autumn.
being or occupying a middle place or position: in the mid nineties of the last century.
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 hot are respectively high, mid, and low.Compare high (def. 23), low1 (def. 30).
noun
Archaic. the middle.
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Origin of mid
1First 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, Old Irish mide, Latin medius, Greek mésos, méssos, méttos, Sanskrit madhya “middle,” Old Church Slavonic mežda “limit, border”; see also mid-
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mid3
[ mid ]
/ mɪd /
noun Informal.
a midshipman.
Origin of mid
3By shortening
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mid-
a combining form representing mid1 in compound words: midday; mid-Victorian.
Origin of mid-
Middle English, Old English; see mid1
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mid.
abbreviation
middle.
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Mid.
abbreviation
Midshipman.
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M.I.D.
abbreviation
Master of Industrial Design.
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British Dictionary definitions for mid (1 of 5)
mid1
/ (mɪd) /
adjective
phonetics of, relating to, or denoting a vowel whose articulation lies approximately halfway between high and low, such as e in English bet
noun
an archaic word for middle
Word Origin for mid
C12 midre (inflected form of midd, unattested); related to Old Norse mithr, Gothic midjis
British Dictionary definitions for mid (2 of 5)
British Dictionary definitions for mid (3 of 5)
mid-
combining form
indicating a middle part, point, time, or positionmidday; mid-April; mid-Victorian
Word Origin for mid-
Old English; see middle, mid 1
British Dictionary definitions for mid (4 of 5)
mid.
abbreviation for
middle
British Dictionary definitions for mid (5 of 5)
Mid.
abbreviation for
Midshipman
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Medical definitions for mid (1 of 2)
MID
abbr.
minimal infecting dose
Medical definitions for mid (2 of 2)
mid-
pref.
Middle:midbrain.
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