| NOUN | location | middle, center, centre, heart, eye | an area that is approximately central within some larger / larger region |
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| cognition | middle | an intermediate part or section | |
| body | middle, midriff, midsection | the middle area of the human torso (usually in front) | |
| time | middle | time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | middle, in-between, mediate | being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series |
| all | middle, center, halfway, midway | equally distant from the extremes / extremes | |
| all | middle | of a stage / stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages | |
| all | middle | between an earlier and a later period of time | |
| VERB | contact | middle | put in the middle / middle |
| Sounds | mih'dahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series. | |
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| Example | "the middle point on a line" | |
| Synonyms | in-between, mediate | |
| Broader | intermediate | lying between two extremes / extremes in time or space or state |
| Spanish | intermedio, medio | |
| Meaning | Equally distant from the extremes / extremes. | |
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| Synonyms | center, halfway, midway | |
| Broader | central | In or near a center or constituting a center |
| Spanish | intermedio | |
| Catalan | intermedi | |
| Meaning | Of a stage / stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages. | |
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| Category | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
| Opposite | early | Of an early stage in the development of a language or literature |
| late | Of a later stage / stage in the development of a language or literature | |
| Spanish | medio | |
| Meaning | Between an earlier and a later period of time. | |
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| Attribute of | timing | The time when something happens |
| Narrower | intervening | Occurring or falling between events or points in time |
| mid | Used in combination to denote the middle | |
| Opposite | early | At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time |
| late | Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time | |
| Spanish | medio | |
| Meaning | An intermediate part or section. | |
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| Example | "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle | |
| Broader | part, section, division | One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole |
| Opposite | beginning | The first part or section of something |
| end | A final / final part or section | |
| Spanish | centro, medio | |
| Catalan | mig | |
| Verbs | middle | put in the middle / middle |
| Meaning | The middle area of the human torso (usually in front). | |
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| Synonyms | midriff, midsection | |
| Part of | torso, trunk, body | The body excluding the head and neck and limbs |
| Broader | area, region | A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve |
| Spanish | vientre | |
| Meaning | Time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period. | |
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| Narrower | deep | The central and most intense or profound part |
| Broader | point, point in time | An instant of time |
| Opposite | beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset | The time at which something is supposed to begin |
| end, ending | The point in time at which something ends | |
| Spanish | medio | |
| Catalan | mig | |
| Meaning | put in the middle / middle. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
| Spanish | centrar | |
| Nouns | middle | an intermediate part or section |
| middle | an area that is approximately central within some larger / larger region | |
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