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middle

/ˈmɪdəl/ /ˈmɪdəl/
noun
  1. 1
    orta, orta yercountable

    The central point, position or part of something.

    • She sat in the middle of the room.
      Odanın ortasına oturdu.
    • There's a small island in the middle of the lake.
      Gölün ortasında küçük bir ada var.
  2. 2
    (bir sürenin/olayın) ortası, orta yeriuncountable

    The time between the beginning and the end of a period, an event or an activity.

    • The phone rang right in the middle of dinner.
      Telefon tam yemeğin ortasında çaldı.
    • I'm in the middle of cooking, so can I call you back?
      Tam yemek yapıyorum, seni sonra arayabilir miyim?
  3. 3
    orta yol, ara yoluncountable

    A position between two opposite opinions, or a compromise between two sides.

    • We couldn't agree on a price, so we met in the middle.
      Fiyatta anlaşamadık, bu yüzden orta yolu bulduk.
    • The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.
      Gerçek muhtemelen ikisinin arasında bir yerde.
  4. 4
    bel, göbekcountable Informal

    The part of the body around the waist and the stomach.

    • He has started to put on weight around the middle.
      Bel çevresinde kilo almaya başladı.
    • She tied a thick belt around her middle.
      Beline kalın bir kemer bağladı.

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in the middle ofright in the middlein the middle of the nightin the middle of the roadbe in the middle of doing somethingmeet somebody in the middlesplit something down the middlein the middle of nowherecaught in the middle

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