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mid

1  [mid]
Use mid in a Sentence
–adjective
1. being at or near the middle point of: in mid autumn.
2. being or occupying a middle place or position: in the mid nineties of the last century.
3. Phonetics. (of a vowel) articulated with an opening above the tongue relatively intermediate between those for high and low: the vowels of beet, bet, and hot are respectively high, mid, and low. Compare high (def. 23), low (def. 30).
–noun
4. Archaic. the middle.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE midd- (both an adj. and the initial element of a compound; modern spellings such as mid autumn are prob. a reanalysis of mid- as an adj.); c. OHG mitti, ON mithr, Goth midjis, OIr mide, L medius, Gk mésos, Skt madhya middle, OCS mežda limit, border

mid

2  [mid]
–preposition
amid.
Also, 'mid.

mid

3  [mid]
–noun Informal.
a midshipman.
Origin:
by shortening

mid-

 
a combining form representing mid1 in compound words: midday; mid-Victorian.
Origin:
ME, OE; see mid 1

Mid.

 
Midshipman.

mid.

 
middle.

M.I.D.

 
Master of Industrial Design.
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mid 1   (mĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Middle; central.

  2. Being the part in the middle or center: in the mid Pacific.

  3. Linguistics Of, relating to, or being a vowel produced with the tongue in a position approximately intermediate between high and low, as the vowel in but.


[Middle English, from Old English midd; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots.]
mid 2   (mĭd)   
prep.  Surrounded by; amid: mid smoke and flame.

[Alteration of amid.]
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Word Origin & History

mid 
O.E. mid, from P.Gmc. *medjaz (cf. O.N. miðr, O.S. middi, O.Fris. midde, O.H.G. mitti, Goth. midjis), from PIE *medhyo- (cf. Skt. madhyah, Gk. mesos, L. medius "middle;" see medial). Now surviving only as a prefix (midair, midstream, etc.); use as a preposition is often aphetic use of amid (cf. midshipman).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: MID
Function: abbreviation
minimal infective dose
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

MID abbr.
minimal infecting dose

mid- pref.
Middle: midbrain.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
MID

  1. message identifier

  2. Military Intelligence Division

  3. minimal infecting dose

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