midway

¹

[ adverb adjective mid-wey; noun mid-wey ]

adverb

1. in the middle of the way or distance; halfway.

noun

1. a place or part situated midway.
2. (often initial capital letter) the place or way, as at a fair or carnival, on or along which sideshows and similar amusements are located.
3. the amusements, concessions, etc., located on or around this place or way.

Midway

²

[ mid-wey ]

noun

1. several U.S. islets in the N Pacific, about 1,300 miles (2,095 km) NW of Hawaii: Japanese defeated in a naval battle June, 1942; 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
2. an airport in Chicago.

midway

/ ˈmɪdˌweɪ /

adjective

1. in or at the middle of the distance; halfway

noun

1. a place in a fair, carnival, etc, where sideshows are located
2. obsolete.
   a middle place, way, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of midway¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English midwei, Old English midweg; mid ¹, way ¹; midway defs 3, 4 after the Midway Plaisance, the main thoroughfare of the World Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893

Example Sentences

Midway through Game 1, Kuhn’s media director told me I was to stay out of the locker rooms.

From Los Angeles Times

Midway through the debate, ABC News host and co-moderator David Muir asked Trump “a very simple question” about the Russo-Ukrainian War: “Do you want Ukraine to win this war?”

From Salon

Midway through a recent Bonnie Raitt concert, a woman shouted “Play ‘Angel From Montgomery.’”

From Los Angeles Times

Midway through the Games, she announced that not only she had got engaged to partner Ricky Riessl under the Eiffel Tower, but that she, like Grinham, was also expecting her first child.

From BBC

Midway through the six-hour trek, Carter nixed a settlement offer from Bridgeland Resources, which hoped to save its oil operation by relinquishing a corner of its lease alongside the 405 Freeway for housing.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• halfway