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Cognate with Dutch midden (“in the middle”), German Mitte (“center, middle, mean”), Icelandic miður (“middle”, adjective), Latin medius (“middle”, noun and adjective). 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Cognate with Dutch midden (“in the middle”), German Mitte (“center, middle, mean”), Icelandic miður (“middle”, adjective), Latin medius (“middle”, noun and adjective). See also middle.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "prepositions", "head": "" }, "expansion": "mid", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "mid", "name": "en-prep" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "prep", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "_dis": "15 10 25 17 25 8", "kind": "other", "name": "English prepositions", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "derived": [ { "word": "close-mid" }, { "word": "early-to-mid" }, { "word": "mid-autumn" }, { "word": "Mid Calder" }, { "word": "Mid Clyth" }, { "word": "Mid Devon" }, { "word": "midfall" }, { "word": "Mid Glamorgan" }, { "word": "mid hundreds" }, { "word": "Mid Murray" }, { "word": "Mid North" }, { "word": "Mid North Coast" }, { "word": "mid off" }, { "word": "mid on" }, { "word": "midseason" }, { "word": "midshipman" }, { "word": "Mid Suffolk" }, { "word": "midsummer" }, { "word": "Mid Sussex" }, { "word": "Mid West" }, { "word": "Mid-Western" }, { "word": "mid-winter" }, { "word": "mid youth" }, { "word": "open-mid" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "Mid the best.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Amid." ], "id": "en-mid-en-prep-YcWTidw5", "links": [ [ "Amid", "amid" ] ], "related": [ { "word": "midday" }, { "word": "midnight" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sreden", "sense": "denoting the middle part", "word": "среден" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "denoting the middle part", "word": "mitjan" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "denoting the middle part", "word": "midden" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "denoting the middle part", "word": "keski-" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "denoting the middle part", "word": "mi-" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sreden", "sense": "occupying a middle position; middle", "word": "среден" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "occupying a middle position; middle", "word": "midden" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "occupying a middle position; middle", "word": "middel" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "occupying a middle position; middle", "word": "keski-" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "occupying a middle position; middle", "word": "mi-" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "in linguistics, made with a somewhat elevated position of some part of the tongue relative to the palate", "word": "mitjà" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "in linguistics, made with a somewhat elevated position of some part of the tongue relative to the palate", "word": "te midden van" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "in linguistics, made with a somewhat elevated position of some part of the tongue relative to the palate", "word": "välinen" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "in linguistics, made with a somewhat elevated position of some part of the tongue relative to the palate", "word": "mittel" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "wasaṭ", "sense": "amid", "word": "وَسَط" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sred", "sense": "amid", "word": "сред" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "amid", "word": "midden" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "amid", "word": "keskellä" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "amid", "word": "joukossa" } ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/mɪd/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪd" }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mid.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.ogg", "tags": [ "Southern-England" ], "text": "Audio (Southern England)" } ], "word": "mid" } { "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "mid" }, "expansion": "Middle English mid", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "midde" }, "expansion": "midde", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "midd", "4": "", "5": "midst, middle", "pos": "noun" }, "expansion": "Old English midd (“midst, middle”, noun)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*midją" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *midją", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "gem-pro", "2": "*midjǭ" }, "expansion": "*midjǭ", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "gem-pro", "2": "*midjô", "3": "", "4": "middle, center" }, "expansion": "*midjô (“middle, center”)", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "gem-pro", "2": "*midjaz" }, "expansion": "*midjaz", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*médʰyos", "4": "", "5": "between, in the middle, middle" }, "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "Mitte", "3": "", "4": "center, middle, midst" }, "expansion": "German Mitte (“center, middle, midst”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "da", "2": "midje", "3": "", "4": "middle" }, "expansion": "Danish midje (“middle”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "is", "2": "midja", "3": "", "4": "middle" }, "expansion": "Icelandic midja (“middle”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "median" }, "expansion": "median", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "la", "2": "mediānus" }, "expansion": "Latin mediānus", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“midst, middle”, noun), from Proto-Germanic *midją, *midjǭ, *midjô (“middle, center”) < *midjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with German Mitte (“center, middle, midst”), Danish midje (“middle”), Icelandic midja (“middle”). See also median, Latin mediānus.", "forms": [ { "form": "mids", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "mid (plural mids)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [], "glosses": [ "middle" ], "id": "en-mid-en-noun-pIiK9ORs", "links": [ [ "middle", "middle" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(archaic) middle" ], "tags": [ "archaic" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/mɪd/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪd" }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mid.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.ogg", "tags": [ "Southern-England" ], "text": "Audio (Southern England)" } ], "word": "mid" } { "etymology_number": 3, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "mid-range" }, "expansion": "Clipping of mid-range", "name": "clipping" } ], "etymology_text": "Clipping of mid-range.", "forms": [ { "form": "mids", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "mid (plural mids)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Disc golf", "orig": "en:Disc golf", "parents": [ "Sports", "Human activity", "Human behaviour", "Human", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "A mid-range." ], "id": "en-mid-en-noun-37pTzyv8", "links": [ [ "disc golf", "disc golf" ], [ "mid-range", "mid-range" ] ], "qualifier": "disc golf", "raw_glosses": [ "(disc golf) A mid-range." ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/mɪd/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪd" }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mid.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.ogg", "tags": [ "Southern-England" ], "text": "Audio (Southern England)" } ], "word": "mid" } { "etymology_number": 4, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "de", "3": "mit" }, "expansion": "German mit", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "nds-de", "3": "mid" }, "expansion": "German Low German mid", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "mid" }, "expansion": "mid", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "midwife" }, "expansion": "midwife", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "theremid" }, "expansion": "theremid", "name": "m" } ], "etymology_text": "From or representing German mit, and/or perhaps German Low German mid. Although Middle English had a native preposition mid with this same meaning (\"with\"), it had fallen out of use by the end of the 1300s and survived into the modern English period only in the compounds midwife and theremid.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "prepositions", "head": "" }, "expansion": "mid", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "mid", "name": "en-prep" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "prep", "senses": [ { "examples": [ { "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:mid." } ], "glosses": [ "With." ], "id": "en-mid-en-prep-Rtp~X9Bj", "links": [ [ "With", "with" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(in representations of German-accented English) With." ], "tags": [ "in representations of German-accented English" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/mɪd/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪd" }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mid.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.ogg", "tags": [ "Southern-England" ], "text": "Audio (Southern England)" } ], "word": "mid" } { "etymology_number": 5, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "middling" }, "expansion": "middling", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "midwit" }, "expansion": "midwit", "name": "m" } ], "etymology_text": "Shortening of middling or similar. Compare midwit.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "?" }, "expansion": "mid", "name": "en-adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "categories": [], "glosses": [ "Trashy; low-quality." ], "id": "en-mid-en-adj-YznQ2E-E", "links": [ [ "Internet", "Internet" ], [ "slang", "slang" ], [ "Trashy", "trashy" ], [ "low-quality", "low-quality" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Internet slang) Trashy; low-quality." ], "tags": [ "Internet" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/mɪd/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪd" }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mid.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.ogg", "tags": [ "Southern-England" ], "text": "Audio (Southern England)" } ], "word": "mid" }
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Cognate with Dutch midden (“in the middle”), German Mitte (“center, middle, mean”), Icelandic miður (“middle”, adjective), Latin medius (“middle”, noun and adjective). See also middle.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "-" }, "expansion": "mid (not comparable)", "name": "en-adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "examples": [ { "text": "mid ocean" } ], "glosses": [ "Denoting the middle part." ], "tags": [ "not-comparable" ] }, { "examples": [ { "text": "mid finger" }, { "text": "mid hour of night" } ], "glosses": [ "Occupying a middle position; middle." ], "tags": [ "not-comparable" ] }, { "categories": [ "en:Linguistics" ], "glosses": [ "Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds, such as, [e o ɛ ɔ]." ], "links": [ [ "linguistics", "linguistics" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(linguistics) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds, such as, [e o ɛ ɔ]." ], "tags": [ "not-comparable" ], "topics": [ "human-sciences", "linguistics", "sciences" ] }, { "categories": [ "African-American Vernacular English", "English internet slang", "English terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2021 July 26, Reanna Cruz, “Lil Nas X, 'INDUSTRY BABY'”, in NPR", "text": "The song is one of his best, but its real power comes from the accompanying, highly-stylized video wherein Lil Nas X breaks out of a prison populated with Black gay men (and, for an unspecified reason, Jack Harlow in an unseemly role as the Straight White Savior who delivers a verse that is mid at best and inappropriate at worst).", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "Of mediocre quality; 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Cognate with Dutch midden (“in the middle”), German Mitte (“center, middle, mean”), Icelandic miður (“middle”, adjective), Latin medius (“middle”, noun and adjective). See also middle.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "prepositions", "head": "" }, "expansion": "mid", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "mid", "name": "en-prep" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "prep", "related": [ { "word": "midday" }, { "word": "midnight" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "Mid the best.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Amid." ], "links": [ [ "Amid", "amid" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/mɪd/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪd" }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mid.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.ogg", "tags": [ "Southern-England" ], "text": "Audio (Southern England)" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sreden", "sense": "denoting the middle part", "word": "среден" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "denoting the middle part", "word": "mitjan" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "denoting the middle part", "word": "midden" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "denoting the middle part", "word": "keski-" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "denoting the middle part", "word": "mi-" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sreden", "sense": "occupying a middle position; middle", "word": "среден" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "occupying a middle position; middle", "word": "midden" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "occupying a middle position; middle", "word": "middel" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "occupying a middle position; middle", "word": "keski-" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "occupying a middle position; middle", "word": "mi-" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "in linguistics, made with a somewhat elevated position of some part of the tongue relative to the palate", "word": "mitjà" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "in linguistics, made with a somewhat elevated position of some part of the tongue relative to the palate", "word": "te midden van" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "in linguistics, made with a somewhat elevated position of some part of the tongue relative to the palate", "word": "välinen" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "in linguistics, made with a somewhat elevated position of some part of the tongue relative to the palate", "word": "mittel" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "wasaṭ", "sense": "amid", "word": "وَسَط" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sred", "sense": "amid", "word": "сред" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "amid", "word": "midden" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "amid", "word": "keskellä" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "amid", "word": "joukossa" } ], "word": "mid" } { "categories": [ "English 1-syllable words", "English adjectives", "English countable nouns", "English entries with language name categories using raw markup", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms derived from Middle English", "English terms derived from Old English", "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic", "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European", "English terms inherited from Middle English", "English terms inherited from Old English", "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic", "English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European", "English terms with IPA pronunciation", "English terms with audio links", "English three-letter words", "Rhymes:English/ɪd", "Rhymes:English/ɪd/1 syllable" ], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "mid" }, "expansion": "Middle English mid", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "midde" }, "expansion": "midde", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "midd", "4": "", "5": "midst, middle", "pos": "noun" }, "expansion": "Old English midd (“midst, middle”, noun)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*midją" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *midją", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "gem-pro", "2": "*midjǭ" }, "expansion": "*midjǭ", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "gem-pro", "2": "*midjô", "3": "", "4": "middle, center" }, "expansion": "*midjô (“middle, center”)", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "gem-pro", "2": "*midjaz" }, "expansion": "*midjaz", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*médʰyos", "4": "", "5": "between, in the middle, middle" }, "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "Mitte", "3": "", "4": "center, middle, midst" }, "expansion": "German Mitte (“center, middle, midst”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "da", "2": "midje", "3": "", "4": "middle" }, "expansion": "Danish midje (“middle”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "is", "2": "midja", "3": "", "4": "middle" }, "expansion": "Icelandic midja (“middle”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "median" }, "expansion": "median", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "la", "2": "mediānus" }, "expansion": "Latin mediānus", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“midst, middle”, noun), from Proto-Germanic *midją, *midjǭ, *midjô (“middle, center”) < *midjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with German Mitte (“center, middle, midst”), Danish midje (“middle”), Icelandic midja (“middle”). See also median, Latin mediānus.", "forms": [ { "form": "mids", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "mid (plural mids)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English terms with archaic senses" ], "glosses": [ "middle" ], "links": [ [ "middle", "middle" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(archaic) middle" ], "tags": [ "archaic" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/mɪd/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪd" }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mid.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.ogg", "tags": [ "Southern-England" ], "text": "Audio (Southern England)" } ], "word": "mid" } { "categories": [ "English 1-syllable words", "English adjectives", "English clippings", "English countable nouns", "English entries with language name categories using raw markup", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms with IPA pronunciation", "English terms with audio links", "English three-letter words", "Rhymes:English/ɪd", "Rhymes:English/ɪd/1 syllable" ], "etymology_number": 3, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "mid-range" }, "expansion": "Clipping of mid-range", "name": "clipping" } ], "etymology_text": "Clipping of mid-range.", "forms": [ { "form": "mids", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "mid (plural mids)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "en:Disc golf" ], "glosses": [ "A mid-range." ], "links": [ [ "disc golf", "disc golf" ], [ "mid-range", "mid-range" ] ], "qualifier": "disc golf", "raw_glosses": [ "(disc golf) A mid-range." ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/mɪd/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪd" }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mid.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.ogg", "tags": [ "Southern-England" ], "text": "Audio (Southern England)" } ], "word": "mid" } { "categories": [ "English 1-syllable words", "English adjectives", "English entries with language name categories using raw markup", "English lemmas", "English prepositions", "English terms derived from German", "English terms derived from German Low German", "English terms with IPA pronunciation", "English terms with audio links", "English three-letter words", "Rhymes:English/ɪd", "Rhymes:English/ɪd/1 syllable" ], "etymology_number": 4, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "de", "3": "mit" }, "expansion": "German mit", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "nds-de", "3": "mid" }, "expansion": "German Low German mid", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "mid" }, "expansion": "mid", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "midwife" }, "expansion": "midwife", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "theremid" }, "expansion": "theremid", "name": "m" } ], "etymology_text": "From or representing German mit, and/or perhaps German Low German mid. Although Middle English had a native preposition mid with this same meaning (\"with\"), it had fallen out of use by the end of the 1300s and survived into the modern English period only in the compounds midwife and theremid.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "prepositions", "head": "" }, "expansion": "mid", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "mid", "name": "en-prep" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "prep", "senses": [ { "examples": [ { "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:mid." } ], "glosses": [ "With." ], "links": [ [ "With", "with" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(in representations of German-accented English) With." ], "tags": [ "in representations of German-accented English" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/mɪd/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪd" }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mid.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.ogg", "tags": [ "Southern-England" ], "text": "Audio (Southern England)" } ], "word": "mid" } { "categories": [ "English 1-syllable words", "English adjectives", "English entries with language name categories using raw markup", "English lemmas", "English terms with IPA pronunciation", "English terms with audio links", "English three-letter words", "Rhymes:English/ɪd", "Rhymes:English/ɪd/1 syllable" ], "etymology_number": 5, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "middling" }, "expansion": "middling", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "midwit" }, "expansion": "midwit", "name": "m" } ], "etymology_text": "Shortening of middling or similar. Compare midwit.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "?" }, "expansion": "mid", "name": "en-adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English internet slang" ], "glosses": [ "Trashy; low-quality." ], "links": [ [ "Internet", "Internet" ], [ "slang", "slang" ], [ "Trashy", "trashy" ], [ "low-quality", "low-quality" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Internet slang) Trashy; low-quality." ], "tags": [ "Internet" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/mɪd/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪd" }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mid.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mid.wav.ogg", "tags": [ "Southern-England" ], "text": "Audio (Southern England)" } ], "word": "mid" }
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