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middle

central

Related forms: middle · 18 words in this dictionary

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18 words

Relating to or characteristic of the period of life between youth and old age.

middle+age

Shared component: middle · central

Software that acts as a bridge between an operating system or database and applications, especially on a network.

middle+ware

Shared component: middle · central

Belonging to or characteristic of the social group between the upper and working classes, typically consisting of professional and business people.

middle+class

Shared component: middle · central

relating to or being of a moderate or intermediate level, scope, or quality, especially between low and high extremes.

middle+range

Shared component: middle · central

A value that lies in the middle of a set of values, especially the median.

middle+value

Shared component: middle · central

A school for children approximately between the ages of 11 and 14, typically covering grades 6 through 8.

middle+school

Shared component: middle · central

Relating to or characteristic of the Middle East, the region comprising southwest Asia and northeast Africa.

middle+eastern

Shared component: middle · central

Relating to or characteristic of the middle class in America, especially in terms of social attitudes, lifestyle, or values.

middle+american

Shared component: middle · central

relating to or being a race distance of intermediate length, especially between 800 and 5000 meters in track and field.

middle+distance

Shared component: middle · central

middlemanExtended relation

A person who buys goods from a producer and sells them to a retailer or consumer.

middle+man

Extended relation: middle · central

middle-earExtended relation

The central part of the ear, containing the eardrum and three small bones, which transmits sound vibrations from the outer ear to the inner ear.

middle+ear

Extended relation: middle · central

middlebrowExtended relation

having tastes and interests that are not very intellectual or very simple, but somewhere in between; considered to be conventional and not very sophisticated.

middle+brow

Extended relation: middle · central

middle-marketExtended relation

Relating to or being companies of a medium size, especially in terms of their revenue or market capitalization.

middle+market

Extended relation: middle · central

middle-schoolerExtended relation

A student who attends a middle school, typically a child between the ages of about 11 and 14.

middle+school+er

Extended relation: middle · central

middle-managementExtended relation

The level of management in an organization between senior management and the non-managerial staff, typically responsible for implementing the policies and plans set by senior executives.

middle+management

Extended relation: middle · central

lower-middle-classExtended relation

Relating to or characteristic of the social group between the working class and the upper-middle class, typically consisting of people such as office workers, managers, and small business owners.

lower+middle+class

Extended relation: middle · central

middle-of-the-roadExtended relation

Avoiding extremes; moderate in opinions or policies.

Extended relation: middle · central

middle-of-the-nightExtended relation

happening or experienced in the middle part of the night, especially very late at night or very early in the morning

Extended relation: middle · central