midway

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

  1. the amusements, concessions, etc., located on or around this place or way.

Origin of midway

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English midwei, Old English midweg; see mid1, way1; defs. 3, 4 after the Midway Plaisance, the main thoroughfare of the World Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893

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Other definitions for Midway (2 of 2)

Midway
[ 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.

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British Dictionary definitions for midway

midway

/ (ˈmɪdˌweɪ) /


adjective, adverb
  1. in or at the middle of the distance; halfway

noun
  1. US and Canadian a place in a fair, carnival, etc, where sideshows are located

  2. obsolete a middle place, way, etc

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