Midway vs Mid - What's the difference?
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The middle; the midst.
A middle way or manner; a mean or middle course between extremes.
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(US) The part of a fair or circus where rides, entertainments, and booths are concentrated.
(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
Halfway; equidistant from either end point; in the middle between two points
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Denoting the middle part.
Occupying a middle position; middle.
(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).
Midway is a related term of mid.
As a proper noun midway
is a town in alabama.As a noun mid is
(computing) mobile information device.midway
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Shakespeare)
- Paths indirect, or in the midway faint.
Adverb
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mid
English
(Webster 1913)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) mid, midde, from (etyl) . See also middle .Adjective
(-)- mid ocean
- mid finger
- mid hour of night