mid

See also mid-, and MID

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪd

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old English mid (“with, in conjunction with, in company with, together with, into the presence of, through, by means of, by, among, in, at (time), in the sight of, opinion of”, preposition), from Proto-Germanic *midi (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *medʰi-, *meta (“with”). Cognate with North Frisian mits (“with”), Dutch met (“with”), German mit (“with”), Danish med (“with”), Icelandic með (“with”), Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “among, between, with”), Albanian me (“with, together”), Sanskrit  (smat, “together, at the same time”).

Preposition

mid

1. (obsolete) With.
2. Amid.

Derived terms

• mididone
• midwife
• theremid

Etymology 2

From Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“mid, middle, midway”), from Proto-Germanic *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with Dutch mits (“provided that”), German mitte (“center, middle, mean”), Icelandic miðr (“middle”, adjective), Latin medius (“middle, medium”). See also middle.

Adjective

mid (not comparable)

1. Denoting the middle part.

   mid ocean

2. Occupying a middle position; middle.

   mid finger

   mid hour of night

3. (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

Translations

denoting the middle part

• Catalan: mitjan (ca)
• Dutch: midden (nl)

• Finnish: keski- (fi)

occupying a middle position; middle

• Dutch: midden (nl), middel (nl)

in linguistics, made with a somewhat elevated position of some part of the tongue relative to the palate

• Dutch: te midden van (nl)

amid

• Dutch: midden (nl)

Etymology 3

From Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“midst, middle”, noun), from Proto-Germanic *midją, *midjǭ, *midjô (“middle, center”) < *midjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *medhy- (“between, in the middle, middle”), *medʰyo-. Cognate with German Mitte (“center, middle, midst”), Danish midje (“middle”), Icelandic midja (“middle”). See also median, Latin medianus.

Noun

mid (plural mids)

1. (archaic) middle
   • Shakespeare

     About the mid of night come to my tent.

Anagrams

• dim
• IDM
• MDI

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German Low German

Alternative forms

• (in some dialects) mit
• (Low Prussian) möt

Etymology

From Old Saxon mid, from Proto-Germanic *midi (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *medʰi-, *meta (“with”). Cognate with North Frisian mits (“with”), Dutch met (“with”), German mit (“with”). For more, see English mid.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪt/

Preposition

mid

1. (in some dialects) with

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Rafsi

mid

1. rafsi of minde.

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Middle English

Etymology

Carried over from Old English mid.

Preposition

mid

1. with

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Old English

Alternative forms

• mit, miþ

Etymology

Akin to Old Saxon mid, Old High German mit, Old Norse með.

Preposition

mid

1. with

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• midi, mit, mith, met

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *midi.

Preposition

mid

1. with

Adverb

mid

1. with, together, along