midway
/ˈmɪdweɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A middle way or manner; a mean or middle path between extremes.
noun
The part of a fair or circus where rides, entertainments, and booths are concentrated.
American usage
noun
The widest aisle in the middle of an industrial complex (such as railroad shops or a coach yard) along which various buildings are aligned.
American usage
adj
Being in the middle of the way or distance; middle.
adv
Halfway; equidistant from either end point; in the middle between two points.
name
An atoll in the North Pacific the site of a major World War II battle.
Example Sentences
- "Prayes, and distroyes the prayer, no midway Twixt these extreames at all."
- "Paths indirect, or in the midway faint."
- "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."
- "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.""
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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Usage
- American usage