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Definition: Mid |
MidAdjective1. 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) |
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MID | Dutch | Meervoudige ionendetectie | Physics |
MID | English | Mean interruption duration | N/A |
MID | French | Modulation d'impulsions en durée | Computing |
MID | German | Mittelpunkt | Transportation |
MID | Italian | Punto mediano | Transportation |
MID | Spanish | Modulación de impulsos en anchura | Computing |
| MIR | English | Mid infrared | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: MidSynonym: mid(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Mid |
| English words defined with "mid": air ♦ Ianthina ♦ order Therapsida ♦ Therapsida. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "mid": 3DO ♦ Altair 9000 ♦ blind road, brow bar, bruskin ♦ Conservation easement, counterhead ♦ Digital Versatile Disc, dipole aerial ♦ gas pipe ♦ jetstream ♦ make gas, MDL ♦ network, the, nubber ♦ O.G. ♦ Railways ♦ Shortwave, skerrystone, Step 2 payments, steved, subband encoding. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "mid": Moiety. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
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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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & 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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| "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. |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
| 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. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Ovid | Keep a mid course between two extremes. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
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. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 51.25% | 267 | 18,030 |
| Noun (proper) | 38.58% | 201 | 21,536 |
| Noun (singular) | 7.68% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Cardinal Number | 1.34% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.96% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.19% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 520 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Mid Kent Holdings Plc | USA | Mid America Bancorp |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency 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. | |||
| 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. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | media, mediae, mediam, medias, medii, mediis, medio, medios, medium, medius. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 11, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai eipen proV autouV tiV ex umwn exei filon kai poreusetai proV auton mesonuktiou kai eiph autw file crhson moi treiV artouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et ait ad illos quis vestrum habebit amicum et ibit ad illum media nocte et dicit illi amice commoda mihi tres panes |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa 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 English | 1395 | Wyclif | And 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 English | 1526 | Tyndale | And 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 English | 1611 | King James | And 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 English | 1833 | Webster | And 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 English | 1964 | Ogden | And 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. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 11, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Ug 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 . |
| Croatian | I reèe im: "Tko to od vas ima ovakva prijatelja? Poðe k njemu o ponoæi i rekne mu: 'Prijatelju, posudi mi tri kruha. |
| Danish | Og 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, |
| Dutch | En 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; |
| Finnish | Ja hän sanoi heille: "Jos jollakin teistä on ystävä ja hän menee hänen luoksensa yösydännä ja sanoo hänelle: `Ystäväni, lainaa minulle kolme leipää, |
| French | Il 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, |
| German | Und 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; |
| Hungarian | És 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-hari | Yesus 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 Lama | Maka 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, |
| Italian | Poi aggiunse: «Se uno di voi ha un amico e va da lui a mezzanotte a dirgli: Amico, prestami tre pani, |
| Manx Gaelic | As dooyrt eh roo, Quoi jiuish vees carrey echey, as hed huggey ec main-oie, as jir rish, Charrey, eeasee dou three bwilleenyn; |
| Maori | I 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; |
| Norwegian | Og 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! |
| Rumanian | Apoi 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 | |
| Spanish | Les dijo también: --Supongamos que uno de vosotros tiene un amigo y va a él a la medianoche y le dice: "Amigo, préstame tres panes, |
| Swahili | Kisha akawaambia, "Tuseme mmoja wenu anaye rafiki, akaenda kwake usiku wa manane, akamwambia: `Rafiki, tafadhali niazime mikate mitatu, |
| Swedish | Ytterligare 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; |
| Uma | Na'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. | |
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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mid" (pronounced mi"d) |
| 3 | m i" d | amid. |
| 2 | -i" d | bid, 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. | ||
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. | |
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