middle

/ˈmɪdl/ noun

Definition

A2 the centre of something: We live right in the middle of the town.

B1 not the beginning or the end but the time in between: The letter should arrive by the middle of next week.

be in the middle of doing something B1 to be busy: I can’t talk now – I’m in the middle of cooking a meal.

(Definition of middle noun from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

false, not real or not legal

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