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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not complete; in the middle |
| Synonyms: | betwixt and between, center, centermost, central, equidistant, imperfect, intermediate, medial, median, mid, middlemost, midway, moderate, part, part-way, partial, smack dab, smack in the middle |
| Antonyms: | complete, total, whole |
| Main Entry: | between |
| Part of Speech: | adverb, preposition |
| Definition: | middle from two points |
| Synonyms: | 'tween, amid, amidst, among, at intervals, betwixt, bounded by, centrally located, enclosed by, halfway, in, in the middle, in the midst of, in the seam, in the thick of, inserted, interpolated, intervening, medially, mid, midway, separating, surrounded by, within |
| Notes: | use between when referring to two, use among for three or more entities, and use amid for a quantity that is not made up of separate items; between applies to reciprocal arrangements and among to collective arrangements |
| Antonyms: | around, away, away from, outside, separate |
| Main Entry: | intermediate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | middle, in-between |
| Synonyms: | average, between, center, central, common, compromising, fair, halfway, indifferent, intermediary, interposed, intervening, mean, medial, median, mediocre, medium, mid, middling, midway, moderate, neutral, so-so, standard, transitional |
| Antonyms: | end, extreme |
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average |
| Synonyms: | common, conventional, halfway, intermediate, medial, median, mediocre, medium, middle, middling, normal, popular, standard, traditional |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
| Main Entry: | median |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | middle |
| Synonyms: | average, center, centermost, central, equidistant, halfway, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, mid, middlemost, midmost, midpoint, midway, par |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
| Antonyms: | extreme, outside |
| Main Entry: | middle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | central |
| Synonyms: | average, between, betwixt and between, center, centermost, equidistant, halfway, inner, inside, intermediate, intervening, mainstream, mean, medial, median, medium, mezzo, middle of the road, middlemost, midmost, smack in the middle, straddling the fence |
| Antonyms: | border, extreme, outer, outside |
| Main Entry: | middle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | center |
| Synonyms: | core, deep, focus, halfway, halfway point, heart, inside, marrow, mean, media, midpoint, midriff, midsection, midst, thick, waist |
| Antonyms: | border, margin, outside |
| Main Entry: | midst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | middle, core |
| Synonyms: | betwixt and between, bosom, center, deep, depths, halfway, heart, hub, interior, mean, medium, midpoint, nucleus, thick |
| Antonyms: | exterior, exteriority, outside |
| Main Entry: | partial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incomplete |
| Synonyms: | fractional, fragmentary, half done, halfway, imperfect, limited, part, sectional, uncompleted, unfinished, unperformed |
| Antonyms: | complete, entire, total, whole |
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