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mid-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mid"

English

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Etymology

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See mid.

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mid-

  2. Denoting the middle part.
    • 2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:
      Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.
    He's in his mid-thirties — meaning he is roughly around the age of 34-36, as opposed to one's early thirties (aged roughly 31–33) and one's late thirties (aged roughly around 37-39).
    He was born in the mid-1930s.
  4. Occupying a middle position.
    a mid-shoulder stretch
  6. Intermediate
    mid-key, midclass, midgut, midbrow
  8. Amid.
  10. During, in the middle of doing something.
    He was hit by a ball mid-jump.

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English terms prefixed with mid-

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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mid-

  1. mid-, middle

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Category Danish terms prefixed with mid- not found

Old English

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Etymology

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From miþ, mid (“with, together”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmid/ (as a nominal prefix)
  • IPA(key): /mid/ (as a verbal prefix)

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mid-

  1. with, in conjunction with; together (with)
    midwist ― presence, company; society; cooperation
    midrād ― an accompaniment, a riding with
  2. the middle part
    midstrēam ― midstream
  3. between
    midspreca ― an advocate, intermediary

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Swedish

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Prefix

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mid-

  1. mid-, middle

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