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n. [the inner or central part or position of something]

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

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

middle, midriff, midsection

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

center, centre, middle, heart, eye

n. 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"

middle

v. put in the middle

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middle

adj. 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"

middle

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

middle, intermediate

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

in-between, mediate, middle

adj. 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"

kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty

n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

core

n. the center of an object; "the ball has a titanium core"

centrality

n. the property of being central

bowels

n. the center of the Earth

heart, pump, ticker

n. the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"

capital

n. a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product; "the crime capital of Italy"; "the drug capital of Columbia"

center, centre

n. a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers"

waist, waistline

n. the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips

nidus

n. a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs

bottom

n. the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill"

footing, basis, ground

n. a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"

core

n. the central part of the Earth

foundation

n. the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections"

beginning, origin, root, rootage, source

n. the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"

support

n. supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation; "the statue stood on a marble support"

path, track, course

n. a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"

medium

n. the surrounding environment; "fish require an aqueous medium"

center, centre, midpoint

n. a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

halfway

adj. at a point midway between two extremes; "at the halfway mark"

intervening

adj. occurring or falling between events or points in time; "so much had happened during the intervening years"

junior(a), third-year, next-to-last

adj. used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college; "the junior class"; "a third-year student"

second

adj. coming next after first; "a second chance"; "the second vice president"

sophomore(a), second-year

adj. used of the second year in United States high school or college; "the sophomore class"; "his sophomore year"

end

n. a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end"

beginning

n. the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"

end, ending

n. the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"

beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset

n. the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"

extremity

n. the outermost or farthest region or point

periphery, fringe, outer boundary

n. the outside boundary or surface of something

late

adj. of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek"

early

adj. of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700"

late

adj. being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast"

early

adj. at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"

high, secondary

adj. of the stage of education and schools preceding collegiate: "secondary school"; "high school"

elementary

adj. of the first stage of education and schools: "elementary school"; "an elementary grammar"

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