ADVERB | all | midway, halfway | at half the distance |
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ADJECTIVE | all | midway, center, halfway, middle | equally distant from the extremes / extremes |
NOUN | location | midway | the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located |
act | Midway, Battle of Midway | naval battle of World War II (June 1942) |
Sounds | mih'dwey. | |
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Rhymes | airway ... Zimbabwe: 74 rhymes with wey... |
Meaning | Equally distant from the extremes / extremes. | |
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Synonyms | center, halfway, middle | |
Broader | central | In or near a center or constituting a center |
Spanish | intermedio | |
Catalan | intermedi |
Meaning | The place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located. | |
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Part of | carnival, fair, funfair | A traveling show |
Broader | tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel | An extended area of land |
Meaning | naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively / decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands. | |
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Synonym | Battle of Midway | |
Instance of | naval battle | A pitched battle between naval fleets |
Part of | World War II, World War 2, Second World War | A war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945 |
Region | Midway Islands | An atoll in the Hawaiian Islands some 1300 miles to the northwest of Honolulu |
Meaning | At half the distance; at the middle. | |
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Synonym | halfway | |
Spanish | a medio camino | |
Catalan | a mig camí |
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