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Mid

Definition: Mid

Mid

Adjective

1. Used in combination to denote the middle; "midmorning"; "midsummer"; "in mid-1958"; "a mid-June wedding".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "mid" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

 

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Mid

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

MID

DutchMeervoudige ionendetectiePhysics

MID

EnglishMean interruption durationN/A

MID

FrenchModulation d'impulsions en duréeComputing

MID

GermanMittelpunktTransportation

MID

ItalianPunto medianoTransportation

MID

SpanishModulación de impulsos en anchuraComputing
MIREnglishMid infraredN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Mid

Synonym: mid(a) (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Mid

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Interposition

Adverb: between, betwixt; twixt; among, amongst; amid, amidst; mid, midst; in the thick of; betwixt and between; sandwich-wise; parenthetically, obiter dictum.

Middle

Adjective: middle, medial, mesial, mean, mid, median, average; middlemost, midmost; mediate; intermediate; (interjacent); equidistant; central; mediterranean, equatorial; homocentric.

Sequence

Adverb: forward, onward; forth, on, ahead, under way, en route for, on one's way, on the way, on the road, on the high road, on the road to; in progress; in mid progress; in transitu.

Transference

On the way, by the way; on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course; as one goes; in transitu, en route, chemin faisant, en passant, in mid progress, in mid course.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Mid

English words defined with "mid": airIanthinaorder TherapsidaTherapsida. (references)
Specialty definitions using "mid": 3DOAltair 9000blind road, brow bar, bruskinConservation easement, counterheadDigital Versatile Disc, dipole aerialgas pipejetstreammake gas, MDLnetwork, the, nubberO.G.RailwaysShortwave, skerrystone, Step 2 payments, steved, subband encoding. (references)
Etymologies containing "mid": Moiety. (references)

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Modern Usage: Mid

DomainUsage

Screenplays

One day in the late mid 80's I was in my early late 20's (Hedwig and the Angry Inch; writing credit: John Cameron Mitchell; Stephen Trask)

Lyrics

And the temp goes up to the mid 80's (Forgot About Dre; performing artist: Dr. dre)

Early morning mid july (Summerfling; performing artist: K.d. lang)

Movie/TV Titles

Mid East (1945)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Mid

DomainTitle

References

  • The Fleming Mid Cap Investment Trust P.L.C.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Mid America Bancorp: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Mid Atlantic Medical Services Inc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Mid Kent Holdings Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • On Women Turning 50: Celebrating Mid Life Discoveries (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Mid

Illustrations:
Mid

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Computer Images:
Mid

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Photo Album: Mid

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Ferdinand Hassler' s carriage on road at base of cliff Sketch by John Farley - mid 1830's. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The restoration site, mid construction before the pools were completely constructed. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

This fast growing climber is a fairly common tender perennial species that produces two inch, pinkish blue flowers in mid to late Summer. They provide quick covers for lattice, trellis, arbor and chain-link fence, and are a favorite food source for butter. Credit: Dot Paul.

Mid Winter forest scene in the Mollala Corridor. Credit: John Craig.

Lower and Mid Stonehouse Canyon. OR 2-23. Credit: Dave Vickstrand.

Kuklin House (1790s; after 1817), Governor's Mansion, study of Nicholas II, who lived here with his family from August 1917 until mid April, 1918, Tobol'sk, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.

In mid air. A wonderful blast in building railroad to Deadwood. Credit: Library of Congress.

Wonderful scenes mid the giant redwood on the line of the Northwestern Pacific R.R. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Mid
 

"Iris patch" by Larry Huggins
Commentary: "Patch of iris flowers in various colors. Picture shot mid morning."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Mid".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
A solo piano piece typical of a mid Beethoven piano style.Lap steel guitar using glissandi with a mid range percussion accompaniment.
Mid arpeggiated strings ascending in parallel motion.A piano sonata excerpt in a mid Beethoven composition style.
Brief excerpt featuring the low and mid range of the piano.A mid tone bell being struck with a sustained pitch.
A mid range sustained note played on a piano.A mid tone crash cymbal being struck.
A single mid range electric bass note.A major chord played in the mid to upper register on an electric piano.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Mid

AuthorQuotation

Ovid

Keep a mid course between two extremes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Mid

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The year 1830 carried out this theory, already applied to England by 1688. The year 1830 is a revolution arrested in mid career

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

RATCLIFF, about the mid of night come to my tent And help to arm me.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Mid

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

By mid adulthood, the individual is usually blind. (references)

MID, which typically begins between the ages of 60 and 75, affects men more often than women. (references)

Currently there is no treatment for MID that can reverse the damage that has already occurred. (references)

Business

In order to boost sales, the government started in mid 1999 an automotive renewal incentive plan, called “Plan Canje”. (references)

When the S$83.8 million Telok Blangah semi-expressway is completed by mid 2001, the road capacity will be increased by 165 percent. (references)

GENOR plans to upgrade its generating capacity to 80 MW by mid 2001 in order to supply electricity to large users in neighboring Honduras. (references)

Economic History

Brazil

A fourth oil round is scheduled for mid 2002. (references)

Kenya

By the mid 1990s, the government lifted price controls on petroleum products. (references)

Bolivia

As of the end of 2000, Bolivian mid and long-term foreign debt was 4.4 billion. (references)

Human Rights

New Zealand

The Government responded to a mid year strike by prison guards by ordering the armed forces to operate prisons; the strike lasted 2 weeks and was resolved by mutually acceptable compromises. (references)

Political Economy

Sri Lanka

From late 1999 though mid 2000, fighting in the North, particularly around Jaffna, intensified. (references)

ISRAEL

After netting out foreign assets of $61.2 billion, the country's net external debt was $4.8 billion in mid 2001. (references)

Trade

Switzerland

Several cantonal banks experienced serious problems during the mid 1990's as a result of sharp declines in the real estate market. (references)

Brazil

In Brazil, the World Bank had US$ 3.6 billion in undisbursed loan commitments at mid 2001. In fiscal year 2001 the Bank approved 11 projects totaling US$ 1,857 million. (references)

Turkey

As the Turkish economic crisis continues, Turkish banks in mid 2001 have seen some tightening in their access to international credit, though the major banks are able to borrow internationally. (references)

Travel

Sweden

July begins the day before mid-summer's night June 20 and ends in mid August. (references)

Mexico

Most mid and high-level government officials and business executives speak English and many are U.S.-educated. (references)

Botswana

Many mid and upper-level business and government people leave Gaborone on the weekends to retire to their rural family homesteads. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Mid

"Mid" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 51.25% of the time. "Mid" is used about 520 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)51.25%26718,030
Noun (proper)38.58%20121,536
Noun (singular)7.68%4054,274
Cardinal Number1.34%7133,076
Unclassified Items0.96%5157,705
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.19%1339,140
                    Total100.00%520N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Mid

CountryNameCountryName
United Kingdom

Mid Kent Holdings Plc

USA

Mid America Bancorp

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Mid

Expressions using "mid": from mid august in mid in mid afternoon in mid air in mid course in mid may in mid progress in mid winder mid brain Mid Florida Lakes mid level manager mid may mid of may mid sea Mid Venice mid winder mid wing mid year exam. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "mid": mid-act, mid-action, mid-adolescence, mid-affair, Mid-africa, mid-afternoon, mid-afternoons, mid-aged, mid-air, mid-air collision, mid-altitude, Mid-america, mid-american, mid-and, mid-anecdote, Mid-annandale, mid-antonine, Mid-antrim, mid-apricot, mid-April, Mid-argyll, mid-arm, mid-Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic Region, Mid-Atlantic states, mid-August, mid-autumn, mid-back, mid-bar, mid-baroque, mid-based, mid-battle, mid-beat, mid-beaufort, Mid-bedfordshire, mid-bend, mid-biased, mid-bite, mid-blistering, mid-blue, mid-body, mid-boost, mid-brain, mid-brain, mid-brown, Mid-buckinghamshire, Mid-bucks, mid-burst, Mid-calder, mid-calf, mid-calf-length, mid-calves, mid-campaign, Mid-canterbury, mid-career, mid-careers, Mid-cbd, mid-centre, mid-century, mid-channel, mid-chase, mid-cheek, Mid-cheshire, mid-chest, mid-chew, mid-childhood, mid-class, mid-classes, mid-classicism, mid-clavicular, mid-click, mid-cold, mid-com, mid-concern, mid-continent, mid-conversation, Mid-cornwall, mid-cost, Mid-counties, mid-country, mid-course, mid-court, mid-craven, Mid-cred, Mid-cretaceous, mid-crisis, mid-crustal, mid-cycle, mid-day, mid-deal, Mid-deb, mid-decade, mid-December, mid-decorated, mid-depth, mid-depths, Mid-devon, Mid-devonian, mid-distance, mid-distant, mid-dive, Mid-donegall, mid-dorsal, mid-down, mid-downs, Mid-east, mid-eastern, mid-eighteenth, mid-eighteenth-century, mid-eighth, mid-eightie, mid-eighties, mid-eleventh, mid-engined, Mid-eocene, mid-escape, Mid-essex, mid-estimate, mid-estuary, Mid-europe, mid-european, mid-evening, mid-explanation, mid-extreme, mid-face, Mid-feb, mid-February, mid-festival, mid-field, mid-fielder, mid-fielders, mid-fifteenth, mid-fifteenth-century, mid-fifth, mid-fifth-century, mid-fifties, mid-filed, mid-first, mid-flat, mid-flight, mid-floor, mid-flourish, mid-flow, mid-forearm, mid-forenoon, mid-forties, mid-'forties, mid-fourteenth, mid-fourteenth-century, mid-fourth, Mid-france, mid-frequencies, Mid-friday, mid-front, mid-fury, mid-game, mid-georgian, mid-gestation, Mid-glamorgan, mid-gloster, mid-grade, mid-grapple, mid-greater, mid-green, mid-grey, mid-grope, Mid-gulf, Mid-gwent, mid-gybe, mid-gyre, Mid-hants, mid-heaven, mid-height, Mid-holocene, mid-hour, mid-hundreds, mid-infrared, mid-innings, mid-ir, mid-iron, mid-irons, mid-January, mid-jejunal, mid-jerk, mid-July, mid-jump, mid-June, Mid-kent, mid-kiss, mid-lake, Mid-lancashire, mid-late, mid-later, mid-latitude, mid-latitudes, mid-launch, mid-layer, mid-layers, mid-leap, Mid-leicestershire, mid-length, mid-lengths, mid-letter, mid-level, mid-level network, mid-levels, mid-life, mid-life crisis, mid-line, mid-lobular, Mid-londonderry, mid-long, Mid-lothian, Mid-mar, mid-March, mid-market, mid-markets, mid-massacre, mid-match, mid-May, mid-meal, mid-mean, mid-meiji, mid-melody, mid-metaphase, mid-middle, mid-moan, mid-module, mid-month, mid-monthly, mid-morning, mid-morning coffee, Mid-morrissey, mid-motion, mid-mounted, mid-mouthful, mid-movement, Mid-muharram, mid-nervous, mid-night, mid-nineteen, mid-nineteen-fifties, mid-nineteen-nineties, mid-nineteen-seventies, mid-nineteenth, mid-nineteenth-century, mid-nineties, mid-ninth, mid-ninth-century, Mid-north, Mid-norway, mid-November, mid-ocean, mid-oceanic, mid-ocean-ridge, mid-oceans, mid-October, mid-oesophageal, mid-oesophagus, mid-off, mid-on, Mid-ordovician, Mid-oxfordshire, Mid-oxon, mid-P, mid-pace, mid-pacific, mid-palaeozoic, mid-paragraph, mid-parallelism, mid-part, mid-parts, mid-passage, mid-patrol, mid-pay, mid-performance, mid-period, mid-pitch, mid-plane, mid-plastron, mid-plate, Mid-pleistocene, mid-plunge, mid-point, mid-points, mid-position, mid-postglacial, mid-post-glacial, mid-price, mid-priced, mid-prices, mid-production, mid-prowl, mid-purple, mid-pyraniki, mid-quack, mid-quaternary, Mid-rabi, mid-race, mid-range, mid-range-to-unix, mid-ranking, mid-reach, mid-recession, mid-recitative, mid-region, mid-rehearsal, mid-renaissance, mid-rib, mid-ricochet, mid-river, mid-rock, mid-round, mid-row, mid-run, mid-satisfaction, Mid-saturday, Mid-sava, mid-saxons, mid-scene, Mid-scotland, mid-scream, Mid-sea, mid-search, mid-season, mid-seasons, mid-second, mid-section, mid-sections, mid-seminar, mid-sentence, Mid-sept, mid-September, mid-series, mid-session, mid-set, mid-setting, mid-seventeenth, mid-seventeenth-centuries, mid-seventeenth-century, mid-seventh, mid-seventies, mid-'seventies, mid-shade, Mid-shawwal, mid-shelves, mid-shift, mid-shine, mid-shires, mid-shot, mid-shots, mid-shout, mid-shudder, Mid-sicily, Mid-silurian, mid-sixteenth, mid-sixteenth-century, mid-sixth, mid-sixties, mid-size, mid-sized, mid-slam, mid-sleep, mid-slither, mid-slopes, mid-slouch, mid-sole, mid-soles, mid-song, Mid-south, mid-southern, mid-span, mid-spangle, mid-spasm, mid-spate, mid-speech, mid-spring, mid-square, Mid-staffordshire, Mid-staffs, mid-stage, mid-stalls, mid-step, mid-sternum, mid-storey, mid-story, mid-stratosphere, mid-stratospheric, mid-stream, mid-stride, mid-strike, mid-stroke, mid-suede, Mid-suffolk, mid-summer, mid-summers, Mid-surrey, Mid-sussex, mid-swallow, mid-sweep, mid-swing, mid-syllable, mid-table, mid-tale, mid-tape, mid-tariff, Mid-tasman, mid-tech, mid-teen, mid-teens, mid-tel, mid-tempo, mid-tenth, mid-term, mid-terrace, mid-terraced, mid-tertiary, Mid-thatcher, mid-thigh, mid-thigh-length, mid-thighs, mid-third, mid-thirteenth, mid-thirteenth-century, mid-thirties, mid-'thirties, mid-thought, mid-thrust, mid-tide, mid-to, mid-to-date, Mid-tokugawa, mid-to-late, mid-toned, mid-tones, mid-to-senior, mid-tour, mid-town, mid-track, mid-transfer, mid-transverse, mid-tread, mid-trial, mid-triassic, mid-trill, mid-trimester, mid-tune, mid-turn, Mid-tweed, mid-twelfth, mid-twelfth-century, mid-twenties, mid-twentieth, mid-twentieth-century, mid-twenty-first, mid-twenty-fourth, Mid-tyrone, Mid-ulster, mid-upper, mid-value, mid-victorian, Mid-victorianese, mid-victorians, mid-volume, mid-vomit, mid-voyage, mid-wail, Mid-wales, mid-war, mid-wars, mid-water, mid-waters, mid-way, mid-week, mid-weights, mid-west, mid-western, mid-westerner, mid-whinny, mid-wicket, mid-wife, mid-wifery, mid-winged, mid-winter, mid-wives, Mid-worcestershire, mid-word, mid-year, mid-years.

Ending with "mid": early-to-mid, low-mid.

Containing "mid": early-mid-'sixties, early-to-mid-fifties, silly-mid-scone.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mid

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

mid

560

continent library mid

71

mid life crisis

305

mid missouri credit union

71

mid america

223

day mid

68

mid america bank

196

mid american conference

64

aaa mid atlantic

172

day.com mid

62

mid america corvette

160

evil mid times

59

mid ohio

160

east mid travel

54

mid continent public library

144

america center mid

52

wav to mid

143

mid hudson civic center

52

mp3 to mid

140

century insurance mid

51

six flag over mid america

131

michigan mid motorplex

47

fair mid state

124

hotel manhattan mid

47

mavericks mid missouri

117

car course mid ohio sports

47

a mid summer night dream

105

mid state technical college

47

california fair mid state

104

air atlantic mid museum

46

mid michigan community college

88

mid american energy

45

mid atlantic

88

mid river mall

44

mid state bank

78

convert wav to mid

42

mid file

77

mid size suv

42

florida mid tech

74

mid continent

42
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Mid

Language Translations for "mid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

mesatar (average, mean, measurable, mediocre, medium, mesial, middling, moderate, neutral, normal, par), i mesit (lumbar, medial, median, middle, middlemost). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏اوسط, ‏أوسط (mesial, midmost). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

среден (average, indifferent, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, median, medium, mesial, middle, middlemost, middle-of-the-road, middling, moderate, neutral, run of the mill), посред (amid, amidst, in the middle of, in the midst of, in the throes of). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

中間 (betwixt, intermediate, middle), 中间 (Amid, Amidst, intermediate, intermediately, medial, medially, median, mediate, middle, mid-off, midst). (various references)

   

Czech

  

střední (central, intermediate, mean, medium, middle), prostřední (medial, middle, middling, passable), polovina (end, half, moiety). (various references)

   

Danish

  

middel-midtpunkt (mid-mean), middel soldag (mean day, mean solar day, mid-day(USA)), middel-P (mid-P), midtermonteret (central mounted, centrally mounted, mid-mounted), midtoceanisk ryg (mid-ocean ridge, mid-ocean rise, mid-oceanic ridge), midtvejsevaluering (mid-term evaluation, mid-term review), midtvejsvurdering (mid-term review), mellembreddegrader (middle latitudes, midlatitudes, mid-latitudes), råolie fra midt-vesten (mid-continent crude), novemberferie (mid-term break), Alle Helgener-ferie (mid-term break), korrektion af bane (mid course correction maneuver, mid course correction manoeuvre), indspillepunkt (centre of run, mid-point), februarferie (mid-term break), benlængde svarende til midten af læggen (mid-calf length trousers), banekorrektion (mid course correction maneuver, mid course correction manoeuvre). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Mid-Continentale ruwe olie (mid-continent crude), Mid-Atlantische rug (Mid-Atlantic Ridge), middelbare dag (mean day, mean solar day, mid-day(USA)), middelbare zonnedag (mean day, mean solar day, mid-day(USA)), middenbreedtegraden (middle latitudes, midlatitudes, mid-latitudes), midden-oceanische rug (mid-ocean ridge, mid-ocean rise, mid-oceanic ridge), mid-term review (mid-term review), midden-P (mid-P), krokusvakantie (mid-term break), driekwartbroek (mid-calf length trousers), geeltje (mid price novel), geeltjesroman (mid price novel), gemiddelde van de middelste 50% waarden (mid-mean), herfstvakantie (autumn half-term, mid-term break), kuitbroek (mid-calf length trousers), inspeelpunt (centre of run, mid-point), baancorrectie (mid course correction maneuver, mid course correction manoeuvre), voorjaarsvakantie (mid-term break), voortgangsoverleg (mid-term review), tussentijdse evaluatie (mid-term evaluation, mid-term review), tussen de assen aangebouwd (central mounted, centrally mounted, mid-mounted), in het midden aangebouwd (central mounted, centrally mounted, mid-mounted). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

میانی (Centric, Inmost, Innermost, Meddle, Medial, Median), همراه با, نیمه , وسطی (Centric, Mean, Meddle, Medial, Median), با (About, Against, By, In, Per, Together, Trade, With). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

mid-continent-raakaöljy (mid-continent crude), valtameren keskiselänne (mid-ocean ridge, mid-ocean rise, mid-oceanic ridge), keskiselänne (mid-ocean ridge, mid-ocean rise, mid-oceanic ridge), keskileveysasteet (middle latitudes, midlatitudes, mid-latitudes), keskiaurinkovuorokausi (mean day, mean solar day, mid-day(USA)), keskiarvon keskipiste (mid-mean). (various references)

   

French

  

MID (mid-point), mi- (mid-), jour moyen (mid-day(USA)), évaluation à mi-parcours (mid-term evaluation, mid-term review), au milieu (in mid, in the middle of, in the midst of), au milieu du mois de mai (in mid may), brut du Mid-Continent (mid-continent crude), congé de détente (mid-term break), correction en course (mid course correction maneuver, mid course correction manoeuvre), correction intermédiaire (mid course correction maneuver, mid course correction manoeuvre), dorsale médio-atlantique (Mid-Atlantic Ridge), dorsale médio-océanique (mid-ocean ridge, mid-ocean rise, mid-oceanic ridge), dorsale océanique (mid-ocean ridge, mid-ocean rise, mid-oceanic ridge), à la mi-mai (mid may), examen à mi-parcours (mid-term review), ride médio-océanique (mid-ocean ridge, mid-ocean rise, mid-oceanic ridge), jour solaire moyen (mid-day(USA)), latitudes moyennes (middle latitudes, midlatitudes, mid-latitudes), latitudes tempérées (middle latitudes, midlatitudes, mid-latitudes), pantalon à mi-mollet (mid-calf length trousers), partiel (mid year exam), point médian (mid-point), position ou division de réglage de la bulle d'un niveau (mid-point), rapport à mi-parcours (mid-term review), revue de mi-période (mid-term review), en position centrale (mid-mounted). (various references)

   

German

  

mittler (intermediary, mediator, medium), mittel- (average, mean, medial, median, middle). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στα μέσα, μέσοσ (average, mean, medial, median, medium, mesne, mezzo, middle), μεσαίοσ (intermediary, medial, medium). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תיכוני (central, medial, middle), אמצעי (aid, expedient, facility, implement, indirectly, mean, means, measure, median, medium, middle, organ, resort, resource, resources, step, steppingstone, tool), בינוני (average, fair, intermediate, mean, medial, mediocre, medium, middle, middling, moderate, par, run of the mill, second rate). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

középsõ (intermediate, medial, median, mesial, middle), középen levõ. (various references)

   

Italian

  

mezzo (average, center, centre, equipment, half, instrumentality, mean, means, medium, middle, midst, semi, the middle, vehicle), medio (average, common, mean, median, medium, middle, middling, normal), di mezzo (halfway, middle). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

正午 (mid-day, noon), 寒稽古 (mid-winter training), 中天 (mid-air, mid-heaven, zenith), 中流 (middle class, middle course, mid-stream), 中手 (metacarpus, mid-season rice, mid-season vegetables), 中生 (mid-season crops), 中空 (emptiness, hollow, mid-air, the air), 中規模 (mid-range, mid-scale, mid-size), 中西部 (Mid-west), 中長期 (mid-range, mid-term), 仲冬 (mid-winter), 寒中 (cold season, mid-winter), 御八つ (afternoon refreshment, afternoon tea, between meal snack, mid-day snack), 真ん中 (centre, middle, mid-way), 正午  (mid-day, noon), 極寒 (intense cold, mid-winter), 暑中 (mid-summer), 暑中伺い (mid-summer menu), 半天 (half the sky, mid-air), お八 (afternoon refreshment, afternoon tea, between meal snack, mid-day snack), お八つ (afternoon refreshment, afternoon tea, between meal snack, mid-day snack), 空中分解 (mid-air breakage or disintegration), 真中 (centre, middle, mid-way), 真中  (centre, middle, mid-way), 仲春 (mid-spring). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かんげいこ (mid-winter training), ちゅうてん (median point, mid-air, middle point, mid-heaven, rising into the heavens, zenith), ちゅうとう (average, capital of column, medium quality, middle class, Middle East, mid-winter, robber, second grade, secondary grade, theft), ちゅうりゅう (garrison, middle class, middle course, mid-stream, stationing), ちゅうせいぶ (Mid-west), ちゅうしゅん (mid-spring), ちゅうくう (emptiness, hollow, mid-air, the air), ちゅうきぼ (mid-range, mid-scale, mid-size), はんてん (fleck, half the sky, inversion, mid-air, restaurant, rolling over, short coat, speck, turning around, turning from side to side, type of short coat, workman's livery coat), ちゅうちょうき (mid-range, mid-term), かんちゅう (cold season, mid-winter), おやつ (afternoon refreshment, afternoon tea, between meal snack, mid-day snack), まんなか (centre, middle, mid-way), まなか (centre, middle, mid-way), しょちゅう (contained in a letter, mid-summer), しょちゅううかがい (mid-summer menu), しょうご (mid-day, noon), くうちゅうぶんかい (mid-air breakage or disintegration), なかて (metacarpus, mid-season crops, mid-season rice, mid-season vegetables), なかぞら (mid-air, the air), ごっかん (intense cold, mid-winter). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

중앙 (Central, midst). (various references)

   

Luxembourgish

  

mëtteg (afternoon, mid-day). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

idmay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

mediano (average, mean, median, medium, middle, middle-of-the-road, middling), médio (average, mean, medial, medium, middle), no meio (between, inside), entre (amid, amidst, among, amongst, beside, between, betwixt, enter, with), dentro (in, inboard, inside, into, within). (various references)

   

Quechua

  

chawpi-p'unchay (mid-day). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

la mijlocul, în mijlocul (amid, amidst, midst). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

средний (average, avg, mean, medial, medium, mesial, middle, middle sized, middle-of-the-road, middle-sized, middling, moderate, neuter, neutral, secondary). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

srednji (central, intermediate, medial, median, medium, middle, neuter), središnji (central, mesial, middlemost, midway, umbilical). (various references)

   

Somali

  

badh. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

medio (agent, average, extent, habitat, half, halfback, lift, line, mean, means, medial, medium, mesial, middle, midst, milieu, recipe, remedy, resources, tack, the middle, tool, way). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bland (among, amongst, of, with). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ตรงกลาง (middle). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ortadaki (mid-), orta (bosom, c, center, central, centre, fair, in between, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediate, mediocre, medium, mesial, mesne, meso-, mezzo-, mid-, middle, middling, midst, moderate, passable, secondary), arasında (amid, amidst, among, amongst, between, betwixt, in the midst of, inter-, 'tween). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

середній (average, mean, medial, median, medium, mesial, middle, middle-of-the-road, middling, moderate, neutral, normal, secondary), серединний (median, mesial). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

giữa (midst). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

canolddydd (mid-day, noon). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Mid

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

media, mediae, mediam, medias, medii, mediis, medio, medios, medium, medius. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Mid

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 11, Verse 5
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai eipen proV autouV tiV ex umwn exei filon kai poreusetai proV auton mesonuktiou kai eiph autw file crhson moi treiV artouV
Latin405VulgateEt ait ad illos quis vestrum habebit amicum et ibit ad illum media nocte et dicit illi amice commoda mihi tres panes
Old English990West Saxonþa cwæþ he to him; Hwylc eower hæfð sumne freond. and gæþ to midre nihte to him. and cwyð to him; La freond læn me þry hlafas.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd he seide to hem, Who of you schal haue a freend, and schal go to hym at mydnyyt, and schal seie to hym, Freend, leene to me thre looues;
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd he sayde vnto them: if any of you shuld have a frede and shuld goo to him at mid nyght and saye vnto him: frende lende me thre loves
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd he said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves:
Basic English1964OgdenAnd he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Mid

LanguageLuke Chapter 11, Verse 5
CebuanoUg siya miingon kanila, "Pananglitan usa kaninyo nga may higala moadto kaniya sa tungang gabii ug moingon kaniya, `Migo, pabayloa ra `kog tulo ka tinapay,
Chinese耶 穌 又 說 、 你 們 中 間 誰 有 一 個 朋 友 、 半 夜 到 他 那 裡 去 說 、 朋 友 、 請 借 給 我 三 個 餅 .
CroatianI reèe im: "Tko to od vas ima ovakva prijatelja? Poðe k njemu o ponoæi i rekne mu: 'Prijatelju, posudi mi tri kruha.
DanishOg han sagde til dem: "Om nogen af eder har en Ven og går til ham ved Midnat og siger til ham: Kære! lån mig tre Brød,
DutchEn Hij zeide tot hen: Wie van u zal een vriend hebben, en zal ter middernacht tot hem gaan, en tot hem zeggen: Vriend! leen mij drie broden;
FinnishJa hän sanoi heille: "Jos jollakin teistä on ystävä ja hän menee hänen luoksensa yösydännä ja sanoo hänelle: `Ystäväni, lainaa minulle kolme leipää,
FrenchIl leur dit encore: Si l`un de vous a un ami, et qu`il aille le trouver au milieu de la nuit pour lui dire: Ami, prête-moi trois pains,
GermanUnd er sprach zu ihnen: Welcher ist unter euch, der einen Freund hat und ginge zu ihm zu Mitternacht und spräche zu ihm: Lieber Freund, leihe mir drei Brote;
HungarianÉs monda nékik: Ki az közületek, a kinek barátja van, és ahhoz megy éjfélkor, és ezt mondja néki: Barátom, adj nékem kölcsön három kenyeret,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariYesus berkata kepada pengikut-pengikut-Nya, "Seandainya seorang dari antara kalian pergi ke rumah kawannya pada tengah malam, dan berkata, 'Kawan, pinjamkanlah roti tiga buah,
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka kata Yesus kepadanya, "Siapakah di antara kamu yang menaruh seorang sahabat, dan pergi kepadanya tengah-tengah malam sambil berkata kepadanya: Hai Sahabat, berilah aku meminjam roti tiga ketul,
ItalianPoi aggiunse: «Se uno di voi ha un amico e va da lui a mezzanotte a dirgli: Amico, prestami tre pani,
Manx GaelicAs dooyrt eh roo, Quoi jiuish vees carrey echey, as hed huggey ec main-oie, as jir rish, Charrey, eeasee dou three bwilleenyn;
MaoriI mea ano ia ki a ratou, Ko wai o koutou ki te mea he hoa tona, a ka tae atu ki a ia i waenganui po, ka mea ki a ia, E hoa, homai ki ahau etahi taro, kia toru;
NorwegianOg han sa til dem: Om nogen av eder har en venn og kommer til ham midt på natten og sier til ham: Kjære, lån mig tre brød!
RumanianApoi le -a mai zis: ,,Dacq unul dintre voi are un prieten, wi se duce la el la miezul nopyii, wi -i zice: ,Prietene, kmprumutq-mi trei pkni,
Shuar
SpanishLes dijo también: --Supongamos que uno de vosotros tiene un amigo y va a él a la medianoche y le dice: "Amigo, préstame tres panes,
SwahiliKisha akawaambia, "Tuseme mmoja wenu anaye rafiki, akaenda kwake usiku wa manane, akamwambia: `Rafiki, tafadhali niazime mikate mitatu,
SwedishYtterligare sade han till dem: "Om någon av eder har en vän och mitt i natten kommer till denne och säger till honom: 'Käre vän, låna mig tre bröd;
UmaNa'uli' wo'o-mi Yesus mpo'uli' -raka ana'guru-na: "Rapa' -na hilou-ta hi doo-ta mentongo' bengi pai' ta'uli' -ki: `Bale, wai' -a-kuwo pongkoni' tolu mputu'.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: Mid

Derivations

Words beginning with "mid": midafternoon, midafternoons, midair, midairs, midbrain, midbrains, midcourse, midcult, midcults, midday, middays, midden, middens, middies, middle, middlebrow, middlebrows, middled, middleman, middlemen, middler, middlers, middles, middleweight, middleweights, middling, middlingly, middlings, middorsal, middy, midfield, midfielder, midfielders, midfields, midge, midges, midget, midgets, midgut, midguts, midi, midiron, midirons, midis, midland, midlands, midlatitude, midlatitudes, midleg, midlegs, midlife. (additional references)

Words ending with "mid": acetamid, amid, aramid, bipyramid, bromid, chironomid, cyanamid, desmid, humid, imid, phasmid, plasmid, pyramid, subhumid, timid, tumid. (additional references)

Words containing "mid": acetamide, acetamides, acetamids, acetazolamide, acetazolamides, acrylamide, acrylamides, amidase, amidases, amide, amides, amidic, amidin, amidine, amidines, amidins, amido, amidogen, amidogens, amidol, amidols, amidone, amidones, amids, amidship, amidships, amidst, aramids, azidothymidine, azidothymidines, benzimidazole, benzimidazoles, bipyramidal, bipyramids, bromide, bromides, bromidic, bromids, carbamide, carbamides, chironomids, chlorpropamide, chlorpropamides, chromide, chromides, cyanamide, cyanamides, cyanamids, cycloheximide, cycloheximides, cyclophosphamide. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Mid"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "mid" (pronounced mi"d)
3m i" damid.
2-i" dbid, counterbid, did, kid, lid, forbid, grid, hid, id, quid, rebid, redid, rid, skid, slid, squid, undid.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Mid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: dim.

Words within the letters "d-i-m"

-1 letter: id, mi.

 Words containing the letters "d-i-m"
 

+1 letter: amid, dime, dims, idem, imid, maid, midi, mids, mild, mind, modi.

 

+2 letters: admit, admix, aimed, amide, amido, amids, bedim, deism, demit, denim, dimer, dimes, dimly, disme, domic, duomi, humid, idiom, imbed, imide, imido, imids, imped, limed, maids, media, medic, medii, middy, midge, midis, midst, miked, mimed, minds, mined, mired, misdo, mixed, mucid, murid, myoid, mysid, odium, rimed, timed, timid, tumid.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Usage Frequency
14. Names: Company Usage
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet
17. Translations: Modern
18. Translations: Ancient
19. Bible Trace
20. Abbreviations
21. Acronyms
22. Derivations
23. Rhymes
24. Anagrams
25. Bibliography


  

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