midway
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- noun
- /ˈmɪdˌweɪ/
- US
:
zona de atracciones
- Commandos take off in different directions to surround the midway as fireworks continue to explode overhead.
- midway point
And there was an entire midway with games that you could play.
- And there was an entire midway with games that you could play.
Examples
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The most exciting thing on the midway.
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The rides on the midway sat hunched and silent, great metallic beasts.
Fiction book (1990) -
And there was an entire midway with games that you could play.
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One of the greatest shows on the midway.
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On the midway, spending money on unique love gifts and religious novelty items.
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It's late, and there are only a few stragglers on the midway, mostly couples with their arms around each other.
Fiction book (1992) -
Are you ready for a solid three weeks of fried food, midway rides, and pig races?
Blog text (6) -
The children laughed as they played games on the midway at the county fair.
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As the sun set, the lights along the midway created a festive atmosphere.
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Families wandered through the midway, enjoying the sights and sounds of the carnival.
Compounds
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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
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Midway as the fair area comes from the name Midway Plaisance, a long park at the big Chicago fair in 1893 that had shows and games in the middle. People began to call that area the 'midway', so today a midway is the part of a fair with rides, games, and food.