1 mid·dle
Pronounced:
/ˈmɪdl̟/
Function:
adjective always used before a nounMeaning:
1 : equally distant from the ends or sides : halfway between two points ▪ He walked down the middle [=center] aisle. ▪ during the century's middle decades ▪ High temperatures today should be in the middle 80s.
2 : in a state or place between two things or people ▪ He grew up as the middle child in a family with three children. [=he was the child born before the youngest and after the oldest] ▪ Franklin D. Roosevelt's middle initial stood for “Delano.”
2 : in a state or place between two things or people ▪ He grew up as the middle child in a family with three children. [=he was the child born before the youngest and after the oldest] ▪ Franklin D. Roosevelt's middle initial stood for “Delano.”