mid-rise

American  

[mid-rahyz] / ˈmɪdˌraɪz /

adjective

1. (of a building) having a moderately large number of stories, usually five to ten, and equipped with elevators.

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noun

1. a mid-rise apartment or office building.

Etymology

Origin of mid-rise

First recorded in 1965–70; mid- + (high)-rise

Example Sentences

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mid-rise

The first scenario proposes awakening a sleepy commercial corridor with low- and mid-rise apartments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

For a decade, my therapy appointments required a 30-minute train ride to a mid-rise medical office building in suburban Philadelphia, where I reclined on a black leather couch, grabbing the occasional Kleenex.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2024

More than 3,000 high- and mid-rise buildings across England are still being monitored because they have unsafe cladding.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2024

One other question to answer is whether developers of fourplexes or sixplexes would have to participate in the city’s affordable housing contributions required of high- and mid-rise developers.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

In a dimly lit conference room on an upper floor of a Chicago mid-rise, an intricately detailed snapshot of American peril is being taken, minute by unsettling minute.

From New York Times ● May 29, 2023