صيغ مركبة:
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| in the middle adv | (in the centre) | في الوسط |
| | The area in the middle is called the bull's eye. |
| in the middle adv | (inside) | في الوسط، في الداخل |
| | This pastry has custard in the middle. |
| in the middle of [sth] prep | (at the centre of) | في وسط شيء |
| | The Temple of Confucius is in the middle of the city. |
| in the middle of [sth] prep | (time period) | في منتصف شيء |
| | Audrey was awoken by a noise in the middle of the night. |
| | استيقظت أودري على صوت قويّ في منتصف الليل. |
| in the middle of [sth] prep | (among) | وسط، بين |
| | In the middle of the skyscrapers stood one tiny house. |
| in the middle of [sth] prep | (still involved in) | وسط شيء |
| | We were in the middle of an argument when the phone rang. |
| in the middle of doing [sth] prep | (still doing) | ما زال، يكون منهمكًا في شيء |
| | I can't talk to you now. I'm in the middle of fixing dinner. |
| in the middle of nowhere expr | figurative (in an insignificant place) | في وسط المجهول |
| | Richard lived out in the middle of nowhere. |
| lower middle class n | (income class) | الطبقة المتوسطة الدنيا |
| lower middle-class n as adj | (of income class) (مضاف إليه) | الطبقةِ المتوسطةِ الدنيا |
| middle age n | (mature years: 50s) | منتصف العمر |
| | When Ray reached middle age, he knew he needed to do something to get his body in shape. |
| the Middle Ages npl | (medieval period) | العصور الوسطى، القرون الوسطى |
| | Most European societies were feudal during the Middle Ages. |
| middle C n | (music: central note on piano) (في الموسيقى) | نغمة دو الوسطى |
| | The music teacher played middle C so the choir could begin on key. |
| middle child n | ([sb] with older and younger siblings) | ابن أوسط، ولد أوسط |
| | Roy was the middle child; he had an older brother and a younger sister. |
| middle class n | (educated, well-off people) | الطبقة الوسطى |
| | Their son is very rebellious and rejects the values of the middle class. |
| middle class n | (between low and high income) | الطبقة الوسطى |
| | With hard work, their family rose up from the working class to the more comfortable middle class. |
middle class,
middle-class adj | (educated and well off) | من الطبقة الوسطى |
| ملاحظة: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| | She comes from a very nice middle class family. |
| middle distance n | (track racing distance) (في سباقات العدو) | مسافة متوسطة |
| middle distance n | (art: space) (بين الأمامية والخلفية للصورة) | الوسطيّة |
| middle ear n | (middle portion of the ear) (الجزء الأوسط من الأذن) | الأذن الوسطى |
Middle East,
also US: Mideast n | (eastern Mediterranean region) | الشرق الأوسط |
| | Yemen is the poorest country in the Middle East. |
Middle East,
also US: Mideast n as adj | (relating to the Middle East) (مضاف إليه) | الشرقِ الأوسط |
| | | في الشرق الأوسط |
| | | شرق أوسطي |
| | They were arguing about the country's Middle East policy. |
Middle Eastern,
Middle-Eastern adj | (of or from the Middle East) | شرق أوسطي |
| | Middle Eastern cuisine is one of the healthiest on earth. |
Middle Eastern,
Middle-Eastern adj | (Eastern Mediterranean) | شرق أوسطي |
| | Sumac is a Middle Eastern spice made from ground berries. |
| Middle English | (linguistics) | الإنجليزية الوسطى |
| middle finger n | (longest finger) | الوسطى، الإصبع الأوسط |
| | The middle finger is between the index finger and the ring finger. |
| | To "give someone the bird" is to extend your middle finger in an obscene gesture. |
| | الوسطى هو الإصبع بين السَّبَّابَة والبِنصِر. |
| middle ground n | (compromise) | تسوية، حل وسط |
| | He wants a city break whereas I want a beach holiday, so we will have to find some middle ground. |
| middle initial n | (first letter of middle name) | الحرف الأول من الاسم الأوسط |
| | My brother and I have different middle initials: his full initials are MJK and mine are MSK. |
| middle management | (echelon of administration) (في السلّم الإداري) | الإدارة الوسطى |
| middle name n | (second or additional given name) | الاسم الأوسط |
| | I never use my middle name. |
| | His first name was Michael, but everyone called him by his middle name, John. |
middle of the road,
middle-of-the-road adj | informal, figurative (average, mediocre) | متوسط، وسطيّ |
| ملاحظة: Hyphens are used when the term is an adjective that precedes the noun |
| | The band abandoned their experimental tendencies for a middle-of-the-road sound in an effort to sell more records. |
middle of the road,
middle-of-the-road adj | informal, figurative (politics: not extreme) | معتدل |
| | His politics then were very middle of the road; they became radical later. |
| middle of the road n | (centre of a street) | وسط الطريق |
| | The child froze in the middle of the road as the car sped towards him. |
| middle passage | (part of the Atlantic) | رحلات نقل العبيد عبر الأطلسي |
| middle school n | US (junior high) | مدرسة إعدادية، مدرسة متوسطة |
| | Parental support plays a vital role in helping preteens and teens succeed in middle school. |
| middle school n | UK (school for ages 9-13) | مدرسة إعدادية، مدرسة متوسطة |
| | My 11-year-old son is at middle school. |
| middle term | (logic) (في المنطق) | الحدّ الأوسط |
| middle-age spread n | (bodily change) | سمنة وسط الجسم في منتصف العمر |
| middle-aged adj | (in mature adulthood) | متوسط العمر |
| | The keenest internet shoppers are middle-aged men and women. |
| | أكثر المتسوّقين عبر الإنترنت هم نساء ورجال متوسطو العمر. |
| middle-class standards npl | (benchmarks of socioeconomic class) | معايير الطبقة المتوسطة |
| Middle-earth n | (fictional place) (مكان خياليّ) | الأرض الوسطى |
| ملاحظة: The setting for "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings", and other works by English writer J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973). |
| middle-income adj | (middle-class) | متوسط الدخل |
middle-size,
medium-size n as adj | (of medium dimensions) | متوسط الحجم |
| | | متوسط المقاس |
midsized,
middle-sized adj | (of medium dimensions) | متوسط الحجم |
| | | متوسط المقاس |
| piggy in the middle n | UK (ball game) | لعبة رمي الكرة فوق شخص في الوسط |
| smack in the middle adv | informal (right in the centre) | في الوسط تمامًا |
| | The golfer's shot landed smack in the middle of the lake. |
| split [sth] down the middle v expr | figurative (divide in half) (نصفين) | يقسم شيئًا |
| the middle of nowhere n | figurative (remote place) (مكان ناءٍ) | وسط المجهول |
| the upper middle class n | (wealthy, highly-educated people) | الطبقة المتوسطة الميسورة |
| | Paying college tuitions nowadays can be difficult even for families in the upper middle class. |
| upper-middle-class n as adj | (wealthy) | من الطبقة الوسطى الميسورة |
| | Her upper-middle-class
parents sent her to the best schools. |