2 middle
Function:
nounInflected forms:
plural mid·dlesMeaning:
[count] 1 : a middle part, point, or position ▪ He parts his hair in the middle. [=center] ▪ A good essay will have a clear beginning, middle, and end. ▪ He stood exactly in the middle of the room. ▪ She opened the book to the middle and began to read. ▪ The car stopped in the middle of the road. ▪ The house should be finished by the middle of next summer. ▪ The beginning and ending of the movie were good, but the middle was pretty boring. ▪ Slice the banana right down the middle. [=slice it into two equal parts] ▪ We split the cost down the middle. [=we split the cost equally]
2 : the middle part of a person's body : waist ▪ She put her arms around his middle. ▪ He tied the sash around his middle.
2 : the middle part of a person's body : waist ▪ She put her arms around his middle. ▪ He tied the sash around his middle.
in the middle
: in a difficult or unpleasant position ▪ She hated conflict and did not want to be put in the middle. ▪ He was caught in the middle of his parents' divorce. = He was caught in the middle when his parents got divorced.
in the middle of
1 : while (something) is happening or being done : during (something) ▪ The protesters interrupted her in the middle of her speech. ▪ He kept waking up in the middle of the night. ▪ The movie was so bad we walked out right in the middle of it.
2 : in the process of (doing something) ▪ I was in the middle of (eating) dinner [=I was eating dinner] when the phone rang.
2 : in the process of (doing something) ▪ I was in the middle of (eating) dinner [=I was eating dinner] when the phone rang.
in the middle of nowhere
: in a place that is far away from other people, houses, or cities ▪ We got lost in the middle of nowhere.