mid-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mid"
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Etymology edit
See mid.
Prefix edit
mid-
- 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 35-36, as opposed to one's early thirties (aged roughly 31–34) and one's late thirties (aged roughly around 37-39).
- He was born in the mid-1930s.
- Occupying a middle position.
- a mid-shoulder stretch
- Intermediate
- Amid.
- During, in the middle of doing something.
- He was hit by a ball mid-jump.
Synonyms edit
- (central): centro-/centri-, midpoint, especially of mass nouns
- (middle part): medio-, especially between countable nouns
- (intermediate): meso-, medio-, especially when comparing sizes
- (amid): inter-, dia-, especially of space
- (during): intra-, peri-, especially of time
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Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
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mid-
Derived terms edit
Category Danish terms prefixed with mid- not found
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From miþ, mid (“with, together”).
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
mid-
- with, in conjunction with; together (with)
- the middle part
- midstrēam ― midstream
- between
- midspreca ― an advocate, intermediary
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Swedish edit
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mid-