midway
nomadjectifadverbeattesté dans les dialogues
- //mɪdweɪ//
The middle; the midst.
nom
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The middle; the midst.
- 2
A middle way or manner; a mean or middle path between extremes.
Prayes, and distroyes the prayer, no midway Twixt these extreames at all.
Paths indirect, or in the midway faint.
- 3
The part of a fair or circus where rides, entertainments, and booths are concentrated.
- 4
The widest aisle in the middle of an industrial complex (such as railroad shops or a coach yard) along which various buildings are aligned.
Étymologie
From Middle English mydwaye, mydweye, from Old English midweġ (“midway”), equivalent to mid- + way. Cognate with Dutch midweg (“midway”), Middle Low German midwech (“midway”).
adjectif
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Being in the middle of the way or distance; middle.
He told me to identify a good midway point at which I could pause the job.
A: Where's the ship at currently? B: It is midway.
adverbe
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Halfway; equidistant from either end point; in the middle between two points.
He stopped me midway through the job and told me to put it on hold.
Originally scheduled to come up mid-way through the alphabetically-ordered agenda by being listed as "Lesbianism," the issue was pushed back to 23 (out of 26 resolutions) with the renaming of it as "Sexual Preference."
It shell-shocked the home crowd, who quickly demanded a response, which came midway through the half and in emphatic fashion.
Formes
- pluriel
- midways