mid-May
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The middle of May
- noun
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mediados de mayo
- The annual festival usually takes place in mid-May, attracting visitors from all around the country.
The the, the stuff that we plant typically doesn't make it until maybe mid, mid-May.
- The the, the stuff that we plant typically doesn't make it until maybe mid, mid-May.
- I can provide them inside until we're after the last frost, which is usually mid-May for us.
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Examples
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They say they're still on track to release this API by mid-May, which is, I don't know, next week.
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A recent article from The Economist, This is the mid-May report.
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We plan to renovate our house in mid-May when the weather is warmer.
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The deadline for the project submission is set for mid-May, so we need to start working now.
Surface Forms
mid-May singular
Morphology
mid-May = May (transparent) = mid + May
The prefix 'mid-' meaning 'middle of' combined with the month name 'May' gives an immediately clear temporal meaning.
Etymology
Mid-May is easy to remember: mid means 'middle', as in midnight or midday, and May is the month named after the Roman goddess Maia, so mid-May simply means the 'middle of May'.
