midway
in the middle of the way or distance; halfway.
a place or part situated midway.
(often initial capital letter) the place or way, as at a fair or carnival, on or along which sideshows and similar amusements are located.
the amusements, concessions, etc., located on or around this place or way.
Origin of midway
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Other definitions for Midway (2 of 2)
several U.S. islets in the N Pacific, about 1,300 miles (2,095 km) NW of Hawaii: Japanese defeated in a naval battle June, 1942; 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
an airport in Chicago.
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How to use midway in a sentence
Kind of like the feeling so many of us Lebanese have during power outages when, midway to the bathroom at 2:00 a.m., lights out.
Crow married and says that midway through the Clinton presidency his wife began to nudge him to the left.
I lifted her as high as I could midway up the slide and eased her down with a big, squeaky “wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee.”
But, midway through recording the LP, Hurricane Sandy struck and left the band rattled.
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midway down the page was more about the threatened strife in the numbers racket.
No gentlemen were, as yet, in their seats, and our party secured a vacant bench midway to the pulpit.
Alone | Marion HarlandCold moonlight stole in across the floor from the glass door and windows, and met midway the warm red glow from the fires.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonHis shanty stood midway in the Gap, high from the road, set against a dark clump of pines and roared at by the river beneath.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | John Fox, Jr.The tape should run through a slot cut in the front part of the box, about midway between the top and the bottom.
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British Dictionary definitions for midway
/ (ˈmɪdˌweɪ) /
in or at the middle of the distance; halfway
US and Canadian a place in a fair, carnival, etc, where sideshows are located
obsolete a middle place, way, etc
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