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/mɪd/
adjectivenounpreposition

Occupying a middle position; middle.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 4 meanings

  1. Occupying a middle position; middle.

  2. 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, such as, [e o ɛ ɔ].

  3. Mediocre; of middling quality.

  4. Trashy; low-quality.

Noun 1 meaning

  1. A mid-range.

Preposition 1 meaning

  1. With.

    “For quotations using this term, see Citations:mid.”

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Where it comes from

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“mid, middle, midway”), from Proto-West Germanic *midi, from Proto-Germanic *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”).

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MID at a glance

MID has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (M 3 + I 1 + D 2) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,563 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

Rhymes with mid

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  • AMID7
  • PYRAMID15
  • HUMID11
  • TIMID8
  • PLASMID12
  • ARAMID9
  • SUBHUMID16
  • TUMID8
  • CYANAMID16
  • COSMID11
  • PHASMID15
  • CHIRONOMID18

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