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midway

midway

40 3.2
Halfway between two places or times
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɪdˌweɪ/
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  • So first take a point exactly midway between these two points.
  • midway between two
  • midway through the semester
  • midway point

And they edited me out like midway through the video.

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Examples

  • Individual pilot site assessments provided a snapshot of the implementation and progress midway through the pilot program.

    Academic text (2017)
  • She paused midway through her speech to take a sip of water.

  • And let me jump to one of them that is about midway through.

  • All right, so we are midway through the projects.

  • My parents were planning a trip to visit me midway through the summer.

    Academic text (1997)
  • This is your presentation midway through the quarter.

  • We're midway through what may be an historic day for racing.

  • Midway through the second quarter now.

  • The survey used to collect the data was modified midway through data collection.

    Academic text (2013)
  • I spent the night in Barstow, the popular resting spot midway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

    Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

halfway
vsmidway
476 1.3

In the middle between two places or times

is an alternative single-word form used in the same sense
partway
vsmidway
12 3.7

At a point in the middle, not at the start or end

refers specifically to the exact middle between two points or times

Compounds

An important sea battle in World War II where American ships defeated a Japanese fleet near Midway in June 1942

A ring of small islands in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands that is the site of the Battle of Midway

A small group of islands in the central Pacific Ocean where the United States has a military base

How Close

finish
125 1.1
homestretch
  • Informal
3 4.1
midway
40 3.2
early
1.0
beginning
1.0

Surface Forms

midway positive

Morphology

midway = way (transparent) = mid + way

The meaning 'in the middle/halfway' is a direct, regular interpretation of mid + way and is easily deduced by learners. [Postprocessing: moved 'mid' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Midway is simply mid + way, with mid meaning 'middle' and way meaning 'path' or 'road'. So midway describes being halfway between two places or two times.