midway

[ adverb, adjective mid-wey; noun mid-wey ]

/ adverb, adjective ˈmɪdˈweɪ; noun ˈmɪdˌweɪ /

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adverb, adjective

in the middle of the way or distance; halfway.

noun

a place or part situated midway.

(often initial capital letter) the place or way, as at a fair or carnival, on or along which sideshows and similar amusements are located.

the amusements, concessions, etc., located on or around this place or way.

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Origin of midway

First recorded before 900; Middle English midwei, Old English midweg; see mid¹, way¹; defs. 3, 4 after the Midway Plaisance, the main thoroughfare of the World Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893

Words nearby midway

midtown, Midvale, mid-Victorian, midwall column, midwatch, midway, Midway Island, Battle of, Midway Islands, midweek, midweekly, Midwest

Other definitions for midway (2 of 2)

Midway

[ mid-wey ]

/ ˈmɪdˌweɪ /

noun

several U.S. islets in the N Pacific, about 1,300 miles (2,095 km) NW of Hawaii: Japanese defeated in a naval battle June, 1942; 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).

an airport in Chicago.

How to use midway in a sentence

If you’re midway through a race thinking “I want to quit” and “I can’t keep going,” that’s probably not a good thing.
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Washington Capitals winger Tom Wilson was parked in front of the goal midway through the third period, his stick on the ice as he glanced at John Carlson in the circle.
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It started about midway through the season, away from the media and the fans.
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You also can launch from the Sargent Drive picnic area, about midway up the sound in Northeast Harbor.
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Leonard Fournette scampered in from 27 yards out to help give the Buccaneers a 28-9 lead midway through the third quarter.
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Kind of like the feeling so many of us Lebanese have during power outages when, midway to the bathroom at 2:00 a.m., lights out.
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Crow married and says that midway through the Clinton presidency his wife began to nudge him to the left.
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I lifted her as high as I could midway up the slide and eased her down with a big, squeaky “wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee.”
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But, midway through recording the LP, Hurricane Sandy struck and left the band rattled.
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But midway through his undergraduate education at Princeton, questions of “what else?”
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Midway down the page was more about the threatened strife in the numbers racket.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
No gentlemen were, as yet, in their seats, and our party secured a vacant bench midway to the pulpit.
Alone|Marion Harland
Cold moonlight stole in across the floor from the glass door and windows, and met midway the warm red glow from the fires.
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton
His shanty stood midway in the Gap, high from the road, set against a dark clump of pines and roared at by the river beneath.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine|John Fox, Jr.
The tape should run through a slot cut in the front part of the box, about midway between the top and the bottom.
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British Dictionary definitions for midway

midway

/ (ˈmɪdˌweɪ) /

adjective, adverb

in or at the middle of the distance; halfway

noun

US and Canadian a place in a fair, carnival, etc, where sideshows are located

obsolete a middle place, way, etc

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