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mid | med |

As a noun mid

is (computing) mobile information device.

As an abbreviation med is

(degree ) master of education.

mid

English

(Webster 1913)

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Preposition

(English prepositions)
  • (obsolete) With.
  • Amid.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) mid, midde, from (etyl) . See also middle .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Denoting the middle part.
    • mid ocean
  • Occupying a middle position; middle.
    • mid finger
    mid hour of night
  • (linguistics) 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; as, a (ale), / (/ll), / (/ld).
    • Derived terms
    * mid-autumn * midfall * midseason * midshipman * midsummer * mid-winter
    Related terms
    * midday * midnight

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) mid, midde, from (etyl) . See also median, Latin medianus.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) middle
  • * Shakespeare
    • About the mid of night come to my tent.

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    med

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortened from medical.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (informal) Medical.
    • I'm in med school.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal, chiefly, in the plural) medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.
    • He's been very strange. I wonder if he's not been taking his meds .
    English clippings

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (UK, dialect) may; might
  • * Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
    • You med be religious, or you med not, but you can't help striking in your homely note with the rest.

    Anagrams

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