Main entry: middle
Definition: an intermediate part or section
Usage: A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end- Aristotle
Antonyms: beginning
Definition: the first part or section of something
Antonyms: end
Definition: a final part or section
Main entry: middle
Definition: time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period
Usage: the middle of the war; rain during the middle of April
Antonyms: start, starting time, showtime, beginning, get-go, outset, offset, commencement, kickoff, first
Definition: the time at which something is supposed to begin
Definition: the point in time at which something ends
Main entry: middle
Definition: between an earlier and a later period of time
Usage: in the middle years; in his middle thirties
Antonyms: late
Definition: being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
Antonyms: early
Definition: at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
Main entry: middle
Definition: of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
Usage: Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500; Middle Gaelic
Antonyms: late
Definition: of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
Antonyms: early
Definition: of an early stage in the development of a language or literature
Main entry: center, middle, midway, halfway
Definition: equally distant from the extremes
Antonyms: peripheral
Definition: on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area
Main entry: in-between, mediate, middle
Definition: being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
Usage: adolescence is an awkward in-between age; in a mediate position; the middle point on a line
Antonyms: terminal
Definition: being or situated at an end