middle
part of speech
noun (the middle, middles); adjective (middle)
meaning for a pupil
1) The middle is the part that is halfway between the two ends or sides. In a row of three, the middle one is the second. tree →
2) The middle of a time is the part between its start and end: the middle of the night. tree →
3) Middle as an adjective means in the centre: the middle finger, the middle child. tree →
4) «In the middle of doing something» means busy doing it now. tree →
5) Middle can also mean medium, neither loud nor quiet, as in a middle voice. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The middle bar of the Tabernacle's frame ran through the centre of the boards, holding them together. The "middle of the valley" marks a border. Interpretation: The Talmud and commentators discuss how the middle bar was fitted, some saying it was a miraculous single beam. Tradition often values the middle as a place of balance. In the primary lessons: a place in a row, line or shape; sometimes the middle number of a list (the median), or the middle step of a story (beginning, middle, end); phrases «in the middle», «middle school», «middle name», «the Middle Ages»
examples
- and the middle bar in the midst of the boards, which shall pass through from end to end. (Torah EXO.26.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other. (Torah EXO.36.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the valley of Arnon, the middle of the valley for a border; even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; (Torah DEU.3.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their hips, and sent them away. (Writings 1CH.19.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Gaal spoke again and said: 'See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one company cometh by the way of Elon-meonenim.' (Prophets JDG.9.37, JPS 1917) tree →
- So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. (Prophets 2SA.10.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Tom stands in the middle of the line. tree →
- Cut the ribbon in the middle. tree →
- There are 4 people on each side of the one in the middle. tree →
- What is the middle number of 3, 7 and 9? tree →
- I woke up in the middle of the night. tree →
- She is the middle child of three. tree →
- My middle name is James. tree →
- Sorry, I'm in the middle of my homework. tree →
- said the Middle Bear in his middle voice. tree →
note
«In the middle» of a line often means equal numbers on both sides, so total = 2 × side + 1. Cutting «in the middle» gives two equal halves. Trap: do not forget to count the middle one itself. The middle number of an ordered list is the median; with an even count there are two middle numbers.
In the corpora
- and the middle bar in the midst of the boards, which shall pass through from end to end.
- And he made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other.
- Change is hard for the people in the middle of it, and their worries are real.
- In the Middle Ages narwhal tusks were sold in Europe as unicorn horns and were worth more than their weight in gold.
- Musk oxen form a ring facing outwards, with calves in the middle, so wolves meet only a wall of horns.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «middle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.