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Midway meaning in English

Meaning of Midway in English

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Midway

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Noun

1. midway

the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located

2. battle of midway, midway

naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands

Adjective

3. center, halfway, middle, midway

equally distant from the extremes

Adverb

4. halfway, midway

at half the distance; at the middle

Example Sentences:
'he was halfway down the ladder when he fell'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Midway

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adjective, adverb
1. 
in or at the middle of the distance; halfway
noun
2. US and Canadian
a place in a fair, carnival, etc, where sideshows are located
3. obsolete
a middle place, way, etc

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Midway

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noun
1.  Obsolete
a. 
the middle of the way or distance
b. 
a middle way or course
2.  US
that part of a fair or exposition where sideshows and other amusements are located
adjective, adverb
3. 
in the middle of the way or distance; halfway

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Midway

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A US territory consisting of an atoll with two small islands in the central Pacific Ocean northwest of Honolulu. Discovered in 1859, Midway was annexed by the United States in 1867 and served as a naval air base until 1993. The American victory over the Japanese in the Battle of Midway (June 4-7, 1942) was a major turning point in the Pacific campaign of World War II.
n.
1. The area of a fair, carnival, circus, or exposition where sideshows and other amusements are located.
2. Archaic
a. The middle of a way or distance.
b. A middle course of action or thought.
adv.
In the middle of a way or distance; halfway: midway through the second quarter of the football game.

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