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mid
/mɪd/
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What does mid mean?
adjective
- Occupying a middle position; middle.
- Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds, such as, [e o ɛ ɔ].
- Mediocre; of middling quality.
More meanings (9)
adjective
- Trashy; low-quality.
noun
- (slang) The middle of the battlefield.
- A mid-range.
- Initialism of mobile information device.
- Initialism of militarized international (or interstate) dispute.
- (archaic) Middle.
adverb
- (slang) To or into the middle of the battlefield.
preposition
- With.
- (archaic) Amid.
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IPA pronunciation
/mɪd/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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I was at the rope, and he, hanging in mid air, saw me, but I could not reach him.
Sad goes the swain, Unhooks the steer that mourns his fellow's fate, And in mid labour leaves the plough-gear fast.
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And in the mid place of one of his gardens is a little mountain, where there is a little meadow.
And yet water it was, and sea-water at that—true Pacific billows, only somewhat rarefied, rolling in mid air among the hilltops.
"Mid sighs, laments, and hollow howls of woe, Which, loud resounding through the starless air, Forced tears of pity from mine eyes at first."