Meaning of middle In English

• 0 the central point, position, or part:

  • This is my class photo - I'm the one in the middle.

  • He was standing in the middle of the road.

  • The noise woke us up in the middle of the night.

  • Those trousers look a bit tight around your middle.

• 1 in a central position:

  • In the sequence a, b, c, d, e, the middle letter is c.

  • Jane sits at the middle desk, between Sue and Karen.

  • middle income families

  • a middle-sized (= average-sized) sheepdog

  • She's the middle child of three.

  • 14th-century Middle English

  • Middle French

• 2 a point, position, or part that is not on one side or the other but is equally far from things on either side; the central point, position, or part:

  • This is my class photo – I’m the one in the middle.

  • The noise woke us up in the middle of the night.