midway

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
15
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/mɪdweɪ/
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/mɪdweɪ/ · /ˈmɪdweɪ/

Definition of midway

125 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The middle; the midst.
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noun

  1. The middle; the midst.
  2. A middle way or manner; a mean or middle path between extremes.
    “Prayes, and distroyes the prayer, no midway Twixt these extreames at all.”
    “Paths indirect, or in the midway faint.”
  3. (US)The part of a fair or circus where rides, entertainments, and booths are concentrated.
  4. (US)The widest aisle in the middle of an industrial complex (such as railroad shops or a coach yard) along which various buildings are aligned.

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Being in the middle of the way or distance; middle.
    “He told me to identify a good midway point at which I could pause the job.”
    “A: Where's the ship at currently? B: It is midway.”

adv

  1. (not-comparable)Halfway; equidistant from either end point; in the middle between two points.
    “He stopped me midway through the job and told me to put it on hold.”
    “Originally scheduled to come up mid-way through the alphabetically-ordered agenda by being listed as "Lesbianism," the issue was pushed back to 23 (out of 26 resolutions) with the renaming of it as "Sexual Preference."”
    “It shell-shocked the home crowd, who quickly demanded a response, which came midway through the half and in emphatic fashion.”

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  1. An atoll in the North Pacific the site of a major World War II battle.
  2. A village in Belize.
  3. A village in British Columbia, Canada.
  4. A suburb of Swadlincote, Derbyshire, England.
  5. A town in Bullock County, Alabama.
  6. A populated place in Maricopa County, Arizona.
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  23. An unincorporated community in Alameda County, California, United States.
  24. An oil field in Kern County, California, United States, properly the Midway-Sunset Oil Field.
  25. A neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States.
  26. An unincorporated community in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.
  27. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
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  31. A small city in Liberty County, Georgia, United States.
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  48. An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, United States.
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  73. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States.
  74. A town in Davidson County, North Carolina.
  75. A village in Madison County, Ohio, also called Sedalia.
  76. An unincorporated community in Atoka County and Coal County, Oklahoma.
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  105. A city in Wasatch County, Utah.
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  119. An unincorporated community in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.

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Etymology

From Middle English mydwaye, mydweye, from Old English midweġ (“midway”), equivalent to mid- + way. Cognate with Dutch midweg (“midway”), Middle Low German midwech (“midway”).

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