midway

¹

[mid-wey, mid-wey]

adverb

1. in the middle of the way or distance; halfway.

noun

1. a place or part situated midway.

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

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

Midway

²

[mid-wey]

noun

1. 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).

2. an airport in Chicago.

midway

/ ˈmɪdˌweɪ /

adjective

1. in or at the middle of the distance; halfway

noun

1. a place in a fair, carnival, etc, where sideshows are located

2. obsolete,  a middle place, way, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of midway¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English midwei, Old English midweg; mid ¹, way ¹; midway defs. 3, 4 after the Midway Plaisance, the main thoroughfare of the World Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893

Example Sentences

But then it got really serious, really fast midway through.

From Los Angeles Times

Roughly midway through, Pynchon’s characters hightail it all the way to proto-fascist Budapest, where shadows more lethal than any Tommy gun begin to encroach.

From Los Angeles Times

It was a dramatic victory sealed at the end of an energy-sapping half that the visitors played without forward Matty Lees, who left midway through the game after his wife went into labour.

From BBC

It began midway through the 1996 season when Lasorda, the manager who had groomed Russell in the minors then won with him in the majors, had a heart attack.

From Los Angeles Times

Momentum continued to swing in the final set, with the resilient Navarro surviving an early scare before the pair exchanged breaks midway through the decider.

From BBC

Related Words

• halfway