of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages; Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500; Middle Gaelic'

between an earlier and a later period of time; in the middle years; in his middle thirties'

an area that is approximately central within some larger region; it is in the center of town; they ran forward into the heart of the struggle; they were in the eye of the storm

[ Syn: center , centre , heart , eye ]

an intermediate part or section; A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end- Aristotle

the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable

[ Syn: midriff , midsection ]

time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period; the middle of the war; rain during the middle of April'

being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series; adolescence is an awkward in-between age; in a mediate position; the middle point on a line

[ Syn: in-between , mediate ]

equally distant from the extremes

[ Syn: center , halfway , midway ]

put in the middle