middle ground

noun

1. an intermediate position, area, or recourse between two opposites or extremes; a halfway or neutral standpoint.

2. middle distance.

3. Nautical.,  a length of comparatively shallow water having channels on both sides.

middle ground

noun

1. another term for middle distance See middle-distance

2. a position of compromise between two opposing views, parties, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of middle ground¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

In the film, there is no middle ground, only a binary idea of justice — a rigid, unmoving idea of what is right and what is wrong.

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“I have no patience, I have no middle ground,” he said in 2016.

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The third episode of Borderland – UK or United Ireland? focuses on the political middle ground in Northern Ireland – voters who don't identify as only British or Irish.

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In the middle ground, beneath a hill, stands a village with a basilica dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe—the site, associated with pre-Hispanic deities, where an indigenous peasant saw the Virgin in 1531, when Spain ruled.

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Powell has tried to forge a middle ground that balances risks of either weaker employment by leaving rates too high or firmer inflation by setting them too low.

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