English-Thai Dictionary
Middle East
N ตะวันออกกลาง ta-wan-ook-klang
Middle English
N ภาษาอังกฤษ ยุค กลาง (ช่วง ปี ค .ศ .1100-1500 pa-sa-ang-krid-yuk-klang
Middle Kingdom
N ประเทศจีน pra-ted-jin
Middle West
N ภาค ตะวันตก ของ อเมริกา Midwest pak-ta-wan-tok-kong-ar-me-ri-ka
Middlesbrough
N เมือง ทาง ตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือ ของ ประเทศอังกฤษ muang-ta-wan-ook-chiang-nuan-kong-ang-krid
middle
ADJ ตรงกลาง กลาง กึ่งกลาง trong-klang
middle
ADJ ปานกลาง พอประมา ณ เป็นกลาง กลางๆ average central halfway in-between pan-klang
middle
N จุดกึ่งกลาง จุด กลาง midpoint center jud-klang
middle age
N อายุ วัยกลางคน midlife adulthood prime ar-yu-wai-klang-kon
middle class
N ชนชั้นกลาง bourgeoisie white-collar class chon-chan-klang
middle ear
N หู ชั้น กลาง hu-chan-klang
middle finger
N นิ้วกลาง nil-klang
middle ground
N ส่วนกลาง ระหว่าง ความคิด หรือ มุมมอง ที่ ขัดแย้ง กัน suan-klang-ra-wang-kwam-kid-rue-kad-yang-kan
middle management
N กลุ่ม จัดการ ระดับ กลาง (ไม่เกี่ยว กับ การตัดสินใจ ที่ มีผลต่อ องค์กร klum-jad-kan-ra-dub-klang
middle name
N ชื่อ กลาง (เป็น ชื่อ ระหว่าง ชื่อตัว หรือ ชื่อ แรก กับ นามสกุล chue-klang
middle school
N โรงเรียน สำหรับ เด็ก อายุ 9-13 ปี ใน อังกฤษ หรือ 11-14 ปี ใน อเมริกา rong-rian-sam-rab-dek
middle-aged
ADJ ซึ่ง มี วัยกลางคน sueng-me-wai-klang-kon
middle-class
ADJ เกี่ยวกับ ชนชั้นกลาง white-collar bourgeois kiao-kab-chon-chan-klang
middle-distance
ADJ เกี่ยวกับ การ วิ่งแข่ง ระยะ กลาง kiao-kab-kan-wingkang-ra-ya-klang
middle-of-the-road
ADJ ซึ่ง เดิน สายกลาง ซึ่ง ยอม รับได้ moderate sueng-doen-sai-klang
middle-of-the-road
IDM อยู่ ระหว่าง สอง ขั้ว ที่ ต่างกัน (โดยเฉพาะ ทางการเมือง yu-ra-wang-song-kuo-ti-tang-kan
middle-sized
ADJ ขนาด กลางๆ กลางๆ so-so fair-sized mid-sized ka-nad-klang-klang
middleaged
ADJ วัยกลางคน mature ripe mellow wai-klang-kon
middlebrow
ADJ ซึ่ง เป็นที่ยอมรับ กัน ทั่วไป sueng-pen-ti-yom-rub-kan-tua-pai
middlebrow
SL สามัญ ชนชั้นกลาง sa-man
middleman
N คนกลาง ผู้ ไกล่เกลี่ย agent kon-klang
middleman
N พ่อค้าคนกลาง agent merchant por-ka-kon-klang
middlemost
A ที่อยู่ ตรงกลาง ที่สุด ที่ ใกล้ จุด กลาง
middleweight
N นักมวย ที่ มี น้ำหนัก เฉลี่ย 14-160 ปอนด์ nak-mui-ti-me-nam-nak-cha-liea-14-160-pon
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MIDDLE
a.mid'l. [L. medius. ] 1. Equally distant from the extremes; as the middle point of a line or circle; the middle station of life. The middle path or course is most safe.
2. Intermediate; intervening.
Will, seeking good, finds many middle ends.
Middle ages, the ages or period of time about equally distant from the decline of the Roman empire and the revival of letters in Europe, or from the eighth to the fifteenth century of the christian era.
MIDDLE
n.The point or part equally distant from the extremities. See, there come people down by the middle of the land. Judges 9:37.
1. The time that passes, or events that happen between the beginning and the end.
MIDDLE-AGED
a.Being about the middle of the ordinary age of man. A middle-aged man is so called from the age of thirty five or forty to forty five or fifty.
MIDDLE-EARTH
n.The world.
MIDDLEMOST
a.Being in the middle, or nearest the middle of a number of things that are near the middle. If a thing is in the middle, it cannot be more so, and in this sense the word is improper. But when two or more things are near the middle, one may be nearer than another.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MIDDLE
Mid "dle, a. Etym: [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. Mid, a.]
1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age.
2. Intermediate; intervening. Will, seeking good, finds many middle ends. Sir J. Davies.
Note: Middle is sometimes used in the formation of selfexplaining compounds; as, middle-sized, middle-witted. Middle Ages, the period of time intervening between the decline of the Roman Empire and the revival of letters. Hallam regards it as beginning with the sixth and ending with the fifteenth century. -- Middle class, in England, people who have an intermediate position between the aristocracy and the artisan class. It includes professional men, bankers, merchants, and small landed proprietors The middle-class electorate of Great Britain. M. Arnold. -- Middle distance. (Paint. ) See Middle-ground. -- Middle English. See English, n., 2. -- Middle Kingdom, China. -- Middle oil (Chem. ), that part of the distillate obtained from coal tar which passes over between 17 º and 23 º Centigrade; -- distinguished from the light, and the heavy or dead, oil. -- Middle passage, in the slave trade, that part of the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the West Indies. -- Middle post. (Arch. ) Same as King-post. -- Middle States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware; which, at the time of the formation of the Union, occupied a middle position between the Eastern States (or New England ) and the Southern States. [U.S.] -- Middle term (Logic ), that term of a syllogism with which the two extremes are separately compared, and by means of which they are brought together in the conclusion. Brande. -- Middle tint (Paint. ), a subdued or neutral tint. Fairholt. -- Middle voice. (Gram. ) See under Voice. -- Middle watch, the period from midnight to four A. M.; also, the men on watch during that time. Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- Middle weight, a pugilist, boxer, or wrestler classed as of medium weight, i. e., over 14 and not over 16 lbs. , in distinction from those classed as light weights, heavy weights, etc.
MIDDLE
Mid "dle, n. Etym: [AS. middel. See Middle, a.]
Defn: The point or part equally distant from the extremities or exterior limits, as of a line, a surface, or a solid; an intervening point or part in space, time, or order of series; the midst; central portion; specif. , the waist. Chaucer. "The middle of the land. " Judg.ix. 37. In this, as in most questions of state, there is a middle. Burke.
Syn. -- See Midst.
MIDDLE-AGE
Mid "dle-age `, Etym: [Middle + age. Cf. Mediæval.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Middle Ages; mediæval.
MIDDLE-AGED
MIDDLE-AGED Mid "dle-aged `, a.
Defn: Being about the middle of the ordinary age of man; between 3 and 5 years old.
MIDDLE-EARTH
MIDDLE-EARTH Mid "dle-earth `, n.
Defn: The world, considered as lying between heaven and hell. [Obs. ] Shak.
MIDDLE-GROUND
MIDDLE-GROUND Mid "dle-ground `, n. (Paint. )
Defn: That part of a picture between the foreground and the background.
MIDDLEMAN
Mid "dle *man, n.; pl. Middlemen (.
1. An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out in small portions to the peasantry.
2. A person of intermediate rank; a commoner.
3. (Mil. )
Defn: The man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers.
MIDDLEMOST
Mid "dle *most `, a. Etym: [Cf. Midmost. ]
Defn: Being in the middle, or nearest the middle; midmost.
MIDDLER
MIDDLER Mid "dler, n.
Defn: One of a middle or intermediate class in some schools and seminaries.
New American Oxford Dictionary
middle
mid dle |ˈmidl ˈmɪdl | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] 1 at an equal distance from the extremities of something; central: the early and middle part of life | middle and eastern Europe. • (of a member of a group, series, or sequence ) so placed as to have the same number of members on each side: the woman was in her middle forties. • intermediate in rank, quality, or ability: there is a dearth of talent at the middle level. • (of a language ) of the period between the old and modern forms: Middle High German. 2 Grammar denoting a voice of verbs in some languages, such as Greek, that expresses reciprocal or reflexive action. • denoting a transitive or intransitive verb in English with a passive sense, e.g., cuts in this meat cuts well . ▶noun 1 [ usu. in sing. ] the point or position at an equal distance from the sides, edges, or ends of something: she stood alone in the middle of the street. • the point at or around the center of a process or activity, period of time, etc.: we were married in the middle of December. • informal a person's waist or waist and stomach: he had a towel around his middle. 2 Grammar the form or voice of a verb expressing reflexive or reciprocal action, or a passive sense for a transitive or intransitive verb. 3 short for middle term. PHRASES down the middle divided or dividing something equally into two parts. in the middle of engaged in or in the process of doing something. • involved in something, typically something unpleasant or dangerous: he was caught in the middle of the emotional triangle. the middle of nowhere informal a place that is remote and isolated. steer (or take ) a middle course adopt a policy that avoids extremes. ORIGIN Old English middel; related to Dutch middel and German Mittel, also to mid 1 .
middle age
mid dle age |ˈˌmɪdl ˈeɪʤ | ▶noun the period between early adulthood and old age, usually considered as the years from about 45 to 65. DERIVATIVES mid dle-aged (also middle-age ) adjective
Middle Ages
Mid dle Ag es |ˈˌmɪdl ˈeɪʤɪz | ▶plural noun the period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century ) to the fall of Constantinople (1453 ), or, more narrowly, from c. 1100 to 1453. The earlier part of the period ( c. 500 – c. 1100 ) or early Middle Ages is sometimes distinguished as the Dark Ages, while the later part ( c. 1100 –1453 ) or high or late Middle Ages is often thought of as the Middle Ages proper. The whole period is characterized by the emergence of separate kingdoms, the growth of trade and urban life, and the growth in power of monarchies and the Church. The growth of interest in classical models within art and scholarship in the 15th century is seen as marking the transition to the Renaissance period and the end of the Middle Ages.
middle-age spread
mid dle-age spread |ˈmɪdl eɪʤ sprɛd | ▶noun the fat that may accumulate around the areas of the abdomen and buttocks during one's middle age.
Middle America
Mid dle A mer i ca |ˈˌmɪdl əˈmɛrəkə | ▶noun 1 the middle class in the US, esp. when regarded as a conservative political force. • the Midwest of the US. 2 the North American region that includes Mexico and Central America, and often the West Indies. DERIVATIVES Mid dle A mer i can noun, Mid dle-A mer i can adjective
Middle Atlantic
Mid dle At lan tic the region of the US that generally includes New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, and often also New York and Maryland.
middlebrow
mid dle brow |ˈmidlˈbrou ˈmɪdlˌbraʊ |often derogatory ▶adjective (of art or literature or a system of thought ) demanding or involving only a moderate degree of intellectual application, typically as a result of not deviating from convention: middlebrow fiction. ▶noun a person who is capable of or enjoys only a moderate degree of intellectual effort.
middle C
mid dle C |ˈmɪdl si | ▶noun Music the C near the middle of the piano keyboard, written on the first ledger line below the treble staff or the first ledger line above the bass staff.
middle class
mid dle class |ˈˌmɪdl ˈklæs | ▶noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ] the social group between the upper and working classes, including professional and business workers and their families. ▶adjective (middle-class ) of, relating to, or characteristic of this section of society: a middle-class suburb. • attaching too much importance to convention, security, and material comfort: the sterile goals of middle-class life. DERIVATIVES mid dle-class ness noun
middle common room
mid ¦dle com ¦mon room ▶noun Brit. a common room for the use of postgraduate students in a university or college.
middle distance
mid dle dis tance |ˈˌmɪdl ˈdɪstəns | ▶noun 1 (the middle distance ) the part of a real or painted landscape between the foreground and the background. 2 [ usu. as modifier ] Track & Field a race distance of between 800 and 5,000 meters: middle-distance runners.
Middle Dutch
Mid dle Dutch ▶noun the Dutch language from c. 1100 to 1500.
middle ear
mid dle ear |ˈˌmɪdl ˈɪ (ə )r | ▶noun the air-filled central cavity of the ear, behind the eardrum.
Middle East
Mid dle East |ˈˌmɪdl ˈist | an extensive area of southwestern Asia and northern Africa, stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to Pakistan and including the Arabian peninsula. DERIVATIVES Mid dle East ern adjective
middle eight
mid dle eight ▶noun a short section (typically of eight bars ) in the middle of a conventionally structured popular song, generally of a different character from the other parts of the song.
Middle England
Middle Eng |land ▶noun the middle classes in England outside London, especially as representative of conservative political views. DERIVATIVES Middle Englander noun
Middle English
Mid dle Eng lish |ˈˌmɪdl ˈɪŋlɪʃ | ▶noun the English language from c. 1150 to c. 1470.
Middle-European
Middle-European ▶adjective relating to central Europe or its people.
middle finger
mid dle fin ger |ˈˌmɪdl ˈfɪŋɡər | ▶noun the finger between the forefinger and the ring finger.
middle game
mid dle game ▶noun the phase of a chess game after the opening, when all or most of the pieces and pawns remain on the board.
middle ground
mid dle ground |ˈmɪdl ɡraʊnd | ▶noun (usu. the middle ground ) 1 an area of compromise or possible agreement between two extreme positions, esp. political ones: each party wants to capture the votes of those perceived as occupying the middle ground . 2 the middle distance of a painting or photograph.
Middle High German
Mid dle High Ger man ▶noun the language of southern Germany from c. 1200 to 1500.
middle-income
middle-income ▶adjective relating to or denoting people earning average salaries: the new scheme will certainly hurt middle-income parents.
Middle Kingdom
Mid dle King dom 1 a period of ancient Egyptian history ( c. 2040 –1640 bc, 11th –14th dynasty ). 2 historical China or its eighteen inner provinces.
middle life
mid ¦dle life ▶noun [ mass noun ] middle age.
Middle Low German
Mid dle Low Ger man ▶noun the Low German language (spoken in northern Germany ) from c. 1200 to 1500.
middleman
mid dle man |ˈmidlˌman ˈmɪdlˌmæn | ▶noun ( pl. middlemen ) a person who buys goods from producers and sells them to retailers or consumers: we aim to maintain value for money by cutting out the middleman and selling direct. • a person who arranges business or political deals between other people.
middle management
mid dle man age ment |ˈmɪdl ˈmænɪʤmənt | ▶noun the level in an organization just below that of senior administrators. • the managers at this level regarded collectively. DERIVATIVES mid dle man ag er noun
middle name
mid dle name |ˈˌmɪdl ˈneɪm | ▶noun a person's name (typically a personal name ) placed after the first name and before the surname. • a quality for which a person is notable: optimism is my middle name.
middle-of-the-road
mid dle-of-the-road |ˈˌmɪdl ə (v ) ðə ˈroʊd | ▶adjective avoiding extremes; moderate: the paper reflected the views of its middle-of-the-road readers. • (of music ) tuneful but somewhat bland and unadventurous. DERIVATIVES mid dle-of-the-road er noun
middle passage
mid dle pas sage ▶noun historical the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.
Middle Persian
Mid dle Per sian ▶noun the Persian language from c. 300 bc to ad 800. See also Pahlavi 2.
Middlesbrough
Mid dles brough |ˈmidlzbrə ˈmɪdlzbərə | a port in northeastern England, on the estuary of the Tees River; pop. 140,200 (est. 2009 ).
middlescent
mid dl es cent |ˌmidlˈesənt ˌmɪdəˈlɛsənt | ▶adjective middle-aged, but typically still maintaining the interests and activities of younger people. DERIVATIVES mid dl es cence |ˌmidlˈesəns |noun ORIGIN 1960s: blend of middle + adolescent .
middle school
mid dle school |ˈˌmɪdl ˈskul | ▶noun a school intermediate between an elementary school and a high school, typically for children in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades.
Middlesex
Middle |sex |ˈmɪd (ə )lsɛks | a former county of SE England, situated to the north west of London. In 1965 it was divided between Hertfordshire, Surrey, and Greater London.
middle-sized
mid dle-sized ▶adjective of medium size: a middle-sized farm.
Middle Stone Age
Mid dle Stone Age the Mesolithic period.
Middle Temple
Middle Tem ¦ple one of the two Inns of Court on the site of the Temple in London, England. Compare with Inner Temple.
middle term
mid dle term ▶noun Logic the term common to both premises of a syllogism.
Middleton, Thomas
Mid dle ton, Thomas |ˈmidltən ˈmɪdltən | ( c. 1570 –1627 ), English playwright. Notable works: The Changeling (1622 ), written with playwright William Rowley, and Women Beware Women (1620 –27 ).
Middletown
Mid dle town |ˈmidlˌtoun ˈmɪdltaʊn | 1 a commercial and industrial city in central Connecticut, on the Connecticut River, south of Hartford, home to Wesleyan University; pop. 48,030 (est. 2008 ). 2 an industrial city in southwestern Ohio, between Cincinnati and Dayton; pop. 51,422 (est. 2008 ).
middleveld
middleveld |ˈmɪd (ə )lvɛlt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a region of veld situated at an intermediate altitude, especially the region in north-eastern South Africa, between 900 and 1200 m (3000 and 4000 ft ) above sea level. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: partial translation of Afrikaans middelveld.
middleware
mid dle ware |ˈmidlˌwe (ə )r ˈmɪdlˌwɛ (ə )r | ▶noun Computing software that acts as a bridge between an operating system or database and applications, esp. on a network.
middle watch
mid dle watch ▶noun the period from midnight to 4 a.m. on board a ship.
middle way
mid dle way ▶noun 1 a policy or course of action that avoids extremes: there is no middle way between central planning and capitalism. 2 ( the Middle Way ) the eightfold path of Buddhism between indulgence and asceticism.
middleweight
mid dle weight |ˈmidlˌwāt ˈmɪdlˌweɪt | ▶noun a weight in boxing and other sports intermediate between welterweight and light heavyweight. • a boxer or other competitor of this weight.
Middle West
Middle West another term for Midwest. DERIVATIVES Mid dle Wes tern er noun
middle youth
mid ¦dle youth ▶noun [ mass noun ] the time of life between early adulthood and middle age.
Oxford Dictionary
middle
mid ¦dle |ˈmɪd (ə )l | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] 1 at an equal distance from the extremities of something; central: the early and middle part of life | middle and eastern Europe. • (of a member of a group or sequence ) placed so as to have the same number of members on each side: the woman was in her middle forties. • intermediate in rank, quality, or ability: there is a dearth of talent at middle level. • (of a language ) of the period between the old and modern forms: Middle High German. 2 Grammar denoting a voice of verbs in some languages, such as Greek, which expresses reciprocal or reflexive action. • denoting a transitive verb in English which does not have an equivalent passive, e.g. had in he had an idea . ▶noun 1 [ usu. in sing. ] the point or position at an equal distance from the sides, edges, or ends of something: she stood alone in the middle of the street. • the point at or around the centre of a period of time, activity, etc.: we were married in the middle of December. • informal a person's waist and stomach: he had a towel round his middle. 2 Grammar the form or voice of a verb expressing reflexive or reciprocal action. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (in cricket, tennis, etc. ) strike (the ball ) with the middle of the bat, racket, or club. PHRASES down the middle divided or dividing something equally into two parts. in the middle of in the process of doing (something ). • involved in (something, typically something unpleasant ): he was caught in the middle of the emotional triangle. the middle of nowhere informal a place that is very remote. steer (or take ) a middle course adopt a policy which avoids extremes. ORIGIN Old English middel, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch middel and German Mittel, also to mid 1 .
middle age
mid ¦dle age ▶noun [ mass noun ] the period after early adulthood and before old age, about 45 to 65. DERIVATIVES middle-aged adjective
middle-aged spread
middle-aged spread (also middle-age spread ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] the fat that may accumulate around the abdomen in middle age.
Middle Ages
Middle Ages ▶plural noun the period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century ) to the fall of Constantinople (1453 ), or, more narrowly, from c. 1000 to 1453. The earlier part of the period ( c. 500 – c. 1100 ) is sometimes distinguished as the Dark Ages, while the later part ( c. 1100 –1453 ) is often thought of as the Middle Ages proper. The whole period is characterized by the emergence of separate kingdoms, the growth of trade and urban life, and the growth in power of monarchies and the Church. The growth of interest in classical models within art and scholarship in the 15th century is seen as marking the transition to the Renaissance period and the end of the Middle Ages.
Middle America
Middle Amer |ica ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the middle class in the United States, regarded as a conservative political force. • the Midwest of the United States, regarded as the home of the conservative middle class. 2 Mexico and Central America. DERIVATIVES Middle American adjective & noun
Middle Atlantic
Mid dle At lan tic the region of the US that generally includes New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, and often also New York and Maryland.
middlebrow
middlebrow |ˈmɪd (ə )lbraʊ |often derogatory ▶adjective demanding, involving, or having only a moderate degree of intellectual application: middlebrow fiction. ▶noun a middlebrow person.
middle C
mid ¦dle C ▶noun Music the C near the middle of the piano keyboard, written on the first leger line below the treble stave or the first leger line above the bass stave.
middle class
mid ¦dle class ▶noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ] the social group between the upper and working classes, including professional and business people and their families. ▶adjective relating to the middle class: a middle-class suburb. • characteristic of the middle class, especially in attaching importance to convention, security, and material comfort: a rebellion against middle-class values. DERIVATIVES middle-classness noun
middle common room
mid ¦dle com ¦mon room ▶noun Brit. a common room for the use of postgraduate students in a university or college.
Middle Congo
Middle Congo see Congo ( sense 2 ).
middle distance
mid ¦dle dis |tance ▶noun 1 (the middle distance ) the part of a real or painted landscape between the foreground and the background. 2 [ as modifier ] Athletics denoting or relating to a race distance of between 800 and 5,000 metres: middle-distance runners.
Middle Dutch
Middle Dutch ▶noun [ mass noun ] the Dutch language from c. 1100 –1500.
middle ear
mid ¦dle ear ▶noun the air-filled central cavity of the ear, behind the eardrum.
Middle East
Middle East an extensive area of SW Asia and northern Africa, stretching from the Mediterranean to Pakistan and including the Arabian peninsula. DERIVATIVES Middle Eastern adjective
middle eight
mid ¦dle eight ▶noun a short section (typically of eight bars ) in the middle of a conventionally structured popular song, generally of a different character from the other parts of the song.
Middle England
Middle Eng |land ▶noun the middle classes in England outside London, especially as representative of conservative political views. DERIVATIVES Middle Englander noun
Middle English
Middle Eng |lish ▶noun [ mass noun ] the English language from c. 1150 to c. 1470.
Middle-European
Middle-European ▶adjective relating to central Europe or its people.
middle finger
mid ¦dle fin ¦ger ▶noun the finger next to the forefinger.
middle game
mid ¦dle game ▶noun the phase of a chess game after the opening, when all or most of the pieces and pawns remain on the board.
middle ground
mid ¦dle ground ▶noun (usu. the middle ground ) 1 an intermediate position or area of compromise or possible agreement between two opposing views or groups: each party wants to capture the votes of those occupying the middle ground. 2 the middle distance of a painting or photograph.
Middle High German
Middle High Ger ¦man ▶noun [ mass noun ] the language of southern Germany from c. 1200 –1500.
middle-income
middle-income ▶adjective relating to or denoting people earning average salaries: the new scheme will certainly hurt middle-income parents.
Middle Kingdom
Middle Kingdom 1 a period of ancient Egyptian history ( c. 2040 –1640 bc, 11th –14th dynasty ). 2 historical China or its eighteen inner provinces.
middle life
mid ¦dle life ▶noun [ mass noun ] middle age.
Middle Low German
Middle Low Ger ¦man ▶noun [ mass noun ] the Low German language (spoken in northern Germany ) from c. 1200 –1500.
middleman
middle |man |ˈmɪd (ə )lman | ▶noun ( pl. middlemen ) a person who buys goods from producers and sells them to retailers or consumers: we maintain value for money by cutting out the middleman and selling direct. • a person who arranges business or political deals between other people.
middle management
mid ¦dle man ¦age |ment ▶noun [ mass noun ] the managers in an organization at a level between senior and junior managers. DERIVATIVES middle manager noun
middle name
mid ¦dle name ▶noun a person's name placed after the first name and before the surname. • a quality for which a person is notable: optimism is my middle name.
middle-of-the-road
middle-of-the-road ▶adjective avoiding extremes; moderate: the paper reflected the views of its middle-of-the-road readers. • (of music ) tuneful but somewhat bland and unadventurous.
middle passage
mid ¦dle pas |sage ▶noun historical the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.
Middle Persian
Middle Per |sian ▶noun [ mass noun ] the Persian language from c. 300 bc to ad 800. See also Pahlavi 2.
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough |ˈmɪd (ə )lzbrə | a port in NE England, on the estuary of the River Tees; pop. 140,200 (est. 2009 ).
middlescent
middlescent |ˌmɪdəˈlɛs (ə )nt | ▶adjective middle-aged, but typically still maintaining the interests and activities of younger people. DERIVATIVES middlescence noun ORIGIN 1960s: blend of middle + adolescent .
middle school
mid ¦dle school ▶noun 1 (in the UK ) a school for children from about 9 to 13 years old. 2 (in the US and Canada ) a junior high school.
Middlesex
Middle |sex |ˈmɪd (ə )lsɛks | a former county of SE England, situated to the north west of London. In 1965 it was divided between Hertfordshire, Surrey, and Greater London.
middle-sized
middle-sized ▶adjective of medium size: a middle-sized farm.
Middle Stone Age
Middle Stone Age the Mesolithic period.
Middle Temple
Middle Tem ¦ple one of the two Inns of Court on the site of the Temple in London, England. Compare with Inner Temple.
middle term
mid ¦dle term ▶noun Logic the term common to both premises of a syllogism.
Middleton, Thomas
Middle |ton |ˈmɪd (ə )lt (ə )n | ( c. 1570 –1627 ), English dramatist. He is best known for the tragedies The Changeling (1622 ), written with the dramatist William Rowley, and Women Beware Women (1620 –7 ).
Middletown
Mid dle town |ˈmidlˌtoun ˈmɪdltaʊn | 1 a commercial and industrial city in central Connecticut, on the Connecticut River, south of Hartford, home to Wesleyan University; pop. 48,030 (est. 2008 ). 2 an industrial city in southwestern Ohio, between Cincinnati and Dayton; pop. 51,422 (est. 2008 ).
middleveld
middleveld |ˈmɪd (ə )lvɛlt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a region of veld situated at an intermediate altitude, especially the region in north-eastern South Africa, between 900 and 1200 m (3000 and 4000 ft ) above sea level. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: partial translation of Afrikaans middelveld.
middleware
middle |ware |ˈmɪdlwɛə (r )| ▶noun [ mass noun ] Computing software that acts as a bridge between an operating system or database and applications, especially on a network.
middle watch
mid ¦dle watch ▶noun the period from midnight to 4 a.m. on board a ship.
middle way
mid ¦dle way ▶noun 1 a policy or course of action which avoids extremes: there is no middle way between central planning and capitalism. 2 ( the Middle Way ) the eightfold path of Buddhism between indulgence and asceticism.
middleweight
middle |weight |ˈmɪd (ə )lweɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a weight in boxing and other sports intermediate between welterweight and light heavyweight. In the amateur boxing scale it ranges from 71 –5 kg. • [ count noun ] a middleweight boxer or other competitor.
Middle West
Middle West another term for Midwest.
middle youth
mid ¦dle youth ▶noun [ mass noun ] the time of life between early adulthood and middle age.
American Oxford Thesaurus
middle
middle noun 1 a shallow dish with a spike in the middle: center, midpoint, halfway point, dead center, focus, hub; eye, heart, core, kernel. ANTONYMS outside. 2 he had a towel around his middle: midriff, waist, belly, stomach, abdomen; informal tummy, tum, gut. ▶adjective 1 the middle point: central, mid, mean, medium, medial, median, midway, halfway. 2 the middle level: intermediate, intermediary.
middle-class
middle-class adjective she rails against her parents' middle-class values, and yet she lives rent-free in their middle-class home: bourgeois, conventional, mainstream, plain-vanilla; suburban, white-picket-fence, Waspish, WASP, yuppie.
middleman
middleman noun I'd rather avoid the middleman and buy direct from the manufacturer: intermediary, intercessor, go-between, liaison, mediator; dealer, broker, agent, factor, wholesaler, distributor.
Oxford Thesaurus
middle
middle noun 1 a shallow dish with a spike in the middle: centre, mean, median, mid point, halfway point, dead centre, focal point, focus, hub, nucleus, midst; eye, heart, core, kernel, bosom, interior, depths, thick, bullseye. ANTONYMS outside, circumference. 2 he had a towel round his middle: midriff, waist, waistline, belly, gut, stomach, paunch, pot belly, beer belly; informal tummy, tum, pot, bread basket. PHRASES the middle of nowhere it's rural now —out in the middle of nowhere: the back of beyond, the backwoods, the wilds, the hinterland, a backwater; Austral. /NZ the back country, the backblocks, the booay; S. African the backveld, the platteland; N. Amer. informal the boondocks, the boonies, the tall timbers; Austral. /NZ informal Woop Woop, beyond the black stump. ▶adjective 1 the middle point between two extremes: central, mid, mean, medium, medial, median, midway, halfway, equidistant, mesial. 2 there is a dearth of talent at middle level: intermediate, intermedial, intermediary, inner, inside. WORD LINKS middle meso- related prefix, as in mesoblast, Meso-America Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
middleman
middleman noun we give value for money by cutting out the middleman and selling direct: intermediary, go-between; dealer, broker, representative, agent, factor, wholesaler, distributor; mediator, liaison officer.
Duden Dictionary
Middleware
Middle ware Substantiv, feminin EDV , die |ˈmɪdl̩wɛːɐ̯ |die Middleware; Genitiv: der Middleware, Plural: die Middlewares englisch Software für den Datenaustausch zwischen Anwendungsprogrammen, die unter verschiedenen Betriebssystemen oder in heterogenen Netzen arbeiten
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
middle
mid dle /mɪ́d (ə )l /〖原義は 「(位置 時間の )中央, 真ん中 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 〖the ～〗中央 ; 中央部分 , 真ん中 ; (出来事 期間などの )中間 , 中途 ; (地位などの )中位 (!物や場所の中心点を示すcenterとは違い, 事 物 場所の中心 (とその周辺 )部分や両端 [側 ]から等距離の部分 [地帯 ]をさす ) ▸ in the middle of the garden [his forehead ]庭 [彼の額 ]の真ん中に ▸ a park with a pond in the middle 中央に池がある公園 ▸ The cake is still hot in the middle .そのケーキの芯はまだ熱い ▸ He is standing right in the middle [╳center ] of the road .彼は道路のど真ん中に立っている (!細長い場所の中央はcenterとはしない ) ▸ arrive in the middle of the meeting [night ]会議の最中 [真夜中 ]に到着する ▸ by the middle of next year 来年半ばまでに ▸ the middle of the class [story ]授業 [物語 ]の途中 2 ｟くだけて ｠〖通例one 's ～〗(身体の )胴 , 腰 (waist, midriff ); 腹回り ▸ I'm getting bigger around the middle .腹回りが太ってきた be c à ught in the m í ddle (悪い事態に )巻き込まれている .d ò wn the m í ddle 1 真ん中を [に ].2 2等分に, 半分に (in half ); 真っ二つに (!しばしばdivide, splitなどの 動詞 と共に ) ▸ The committee was split right down the middle over the proposal .委員会はその提案をめぐって意見が真っ二つに分かれた in the m í ddle of A 1 ↑1 .2 A 〈活動など 〉の最中で (手が放せなくて ).3 A 〈事 〉に没頭して .kn ò ck [s è nd ] A into the m í ddle of n è xt w é ek ｟話 ｠A 〈人 〉を張り倒す .形容詞 比較なし 〖名詞 の前で 〗1 真ん中の , 中央の ; (出来事 期間などの )中間の , 中頃の ; (程度が )中位の , 平均の ▸ the middle door of the bus バスの中央の扉 ▸ Joan was the middle sister .ジョーンは真ん中の妹だった ▸ He is in his middle [mid ] fifties .彼は50代半ばである ▸ middle -income families 平均的収入の家庭 .2 中庸の , 中道の ▸ steer [take, follow ] a middle course ≒find a [the ] middle way 中道路線を進む [取る ] (!中級コースはintermediate course ) 動詞 他動詞 …を真ん中に置く ; 〘サッカー 〙〈ボール 〉を中央前衛の選手にパスする ; 〘クリケット 〙〈ボール 〉をバットの真ん中でしっかり打つ ; 〘海 〙〈帆 〉を二つ折りにする .～̀ á ge 中 (高 )年, 壮年 〘およそ40 --60歳 〙.M -̀ Á ges 〖the ～〗中世 (!西洋史で6 --15 (特に12 --15 )世紀頃 ) .M -̀ Am é rica 1 中米 〘北米と南米の間のメキシコなど 〙.2 米国中 (西 )部 (Midwest ).3 ｟報道 ｠米国の中産階級 (の人々 ).～̀ Am é rican 米国中 (西 )部の ; 米国中産階級の .～̀ Ć 〘楽 〙(ピアノの鍵盤の )中央のハ音 .～̀ cl á ss 1 〖通例the ～(es ); 集合的に 〗中流 [中産 ]階級 (の ), 中間層 (の ) 〘upper classとlower classの間の, 教員 医者 弁護士 実業家 経営者などを含む社会層 〙.2 ｟非難して ｠〖形容詞的に 〗型にはまった ; 俗物の .～̀ d í stance 〖the ～〗1 〘絵画 〙中景 〘foreground (前景 )とbackground (背景 )との中間 〙.2 〘陸上 〙中距離競走 (の ) 〘800m走など 〙.～̀ é ar 〖単数形で 〗中耳 (tympanum ).M -̀ É ast 〖the ～〗中東 〘アジア南西部地域; トルコ エジプト 地中海東沿岸諸国以東イランまでの各国 〙.M -̀ É astern 中東の .M -̀ É ngland ｟報道 ｠英国の中産階級 (の人々 ).M -̀ É nglish 中英語 〘1100 --1500年ごろに使用された英語; ｟略 ｠ME; →Old English , Modern English 〙.～̀ f í nger 中指 (→finger ).～̀ Fr é nch 中期フランス語 〘14 --16世紀のフランス語 〙.～́ g à me 〘チェス 〙中盤戦 .～̀ gr ó und 〖単数形で 〗真ん中を取った意見 [決定 ], 中道 ; 中ぐらいの位置 ▸ find the middle ground 妥協点を見出す .～̀ m á nagement 〖集合的に 〗中間管理職 .～̀ m á nager 中間管理職 (の人 ).～̀ n á me 1 〖通例one 's ～〗ミドルネーム 〘first name (名前 )とlast name (姓 )の間の洗礼名や女性の旧姓など; →name 事情 〙.2 ｟くだけて おどけて ｠〖one's ～〗(人の )性格 [個性 ]を示すもの, 代名詞 .～́ sch ò ol 中学校, 中等学校 (!しばしば学校名で ) 〘｟英 ｠では8 [9 ]--12 [13 ]歳の子供が通う公立学校; ｟米 ｠では10 [11 ]--13 [14 ]歳の子供が通う学校 〙.～́ t è rm 〘論 〙(三段論法の )中名辞 .～̀ w á tch 〘海 〙夜半直 〘真夜中から午前4時までの見張り番 〙.M -̀ W é st 〖the ～; 時にm - w- 〗米国中西部 〘Allegheny山脈とRocky山脈との間の地域で, 南はOhio川とMissouri州, Kansas州の南端まで; Midwestとも呼ぶ 〙.M -̀ W é stern 米国中西部の .M -̀ W é sterner 米国中西部の人 .
middle-aged
mid dle-aged /mɪ̀d (ə )léɪdʒd /形容詞 1 中 (高 )年の (!およそ40 --60歳をいう ) ; 〖the ～; 名詞的に; 集合的に 〗中 (高 )年の人々 (!複数扱い ) ▸ a middle-aged man 中年の男性 .2 ｟非難して ｠〈行動 態度などが 〉つまらない , 古くさい .～̀ spr é ad ｟おどけて ｠中年太り, 中年腹 (!middle age spreadとも書く ) .
middle(-)brow
m í ddle (-)br ò w 形容詞 ｟くだけて 時にけなして ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗(おもしろいが )低俗な, 程度の高くない 〈人 本 テレビ 芸術など 〉.名詞 C ｟くだけて 時にけなして ｠知識 [教養 ]が中くらいの人 .
middle-class
mid dle-class /mìd (ə )lklǽs |-klɑ́ːs / (! 名詞 の前ではm í ddle-cl à ss ) 形容詞 中流 [中産 ]階級の ; ｟非難して ｠〈態度 価値などが 〉中流階級の , 俗物 [保守 ]的な ▸ grow up in a middle-class family 中流家庭に育つ .
middle-distance
m í ddle-d ì stance 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗(陸上競技で )中距離 (走 )の .
middleman
m í ddle m à n 名詞 複 -men C 1 仲買人, ブローカー (｟男女共用 ｠agent, broker, mediator ).2 仲介人, 仲人 (｟男女共用 ｠go-between, negotiator ).
middle-of-the-road
m ì ddle-of-the-r ó ad 形容詞 〈人 政策などが 〉極端でない, だれにも受け入れられる, 中道の ; 〈生活様式などが 〉平凡な .
middle-sized
m í ddle-s ì zed 形容詞 中型の ; 中肉中背の .
middleweight
m í ddle w è ight 形容詞 (ボクシングなどの )ミドル級の .名詞 C ミドル級 (の選手 ).
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