MIDDLE OF THE ROAD

Meaning of MIDDLE OF THE ROAD in English

being halfway between two different ideas, seeing good on both sides of an issue The president was elected because he was a person whose ideas were very middle of the road.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

MIDDLE OF THE ROAD — Date: 1891 a course of action or a standpoint midway between extremes
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — adjective Date: 1894 standing for or following a course of action midway between extremes, ~er noun ~ism noun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: middle of the road 1. : following a course of action or advocating a program for action …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD — 1. : a course of action or program for action midway between extremes 2. : a standpoint midway between extremes
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — — middle-of-the-roader , n. — middle-of-the-roadism , n. /mid"l euhv dheuh rohd"/ , adj. 1. favoring, following, or characterized by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — adj. for all the family, neither here nor there, average
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD — Date: 1891 : a course of action or a standpoint midway between extremes
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — Date: 1894 : standing for or following a course of action midway between extremes ; especially : being neither liberal …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — Function: adjective Date: 1894 : standing for or following a course of action midway between extremes especially : being neither …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD — 1891 : a course of action or a standpoint midway between extremes
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — ■ adjective 1》 avoiding extremes; moderate. 2》 (of music) having a wide appeal but somewhat unadventurous.
Concise Oxford English vocab
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — [middle-of-the-road] adj (1894): standing for or following a course of action midway between extremes; esp: being neither liberal nor conservative …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD — [middle of the road] (1918): a course of action or a standpoint midway between extremes
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — middle-of-the-road BrE AmE ˌmɪd ə l‿əv ðə ˈrəʊd ◂ - ə l‿ə ðə- AmE \ -ˈroʊd ◂
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — adjective ( of people, policies, etc. ) not extreme; acceptable to most people SYN moderate : a middle-of-the-road newspaper Their …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — ˌmiddle-of-the-ˈroad BrE AmE adjective 1 . middle-of-the-road ideas or opinions are not extreme, and so most people are likely to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — 1. If you describe someone’s opinions or policies as middle-of-the-road , you mean that they are neither left-wing nor right-wing, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — 1. If you describe someone’s opinions or policies as ~, you mean that they are neither left-wing nor right-wing, and …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ He made a direct appeal to middle-of-the-road voters. ▪ Wilson appealed to middle-of-the-road voters. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD — Synonyms and related words : average, balance, center, compromise, fence, generality, golden mean, half measures, half-and-half measures, halfway measures, happy …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — {adj.} Favoring action halfway between two opposite movements or ideas; with ideas halfway between two opposite sides; seeing good on …
Slang English vocab
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD — {n. phr.} A way of thinking which does not favor one idea or thing too much; being halfway between two …
Slang English vocab
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — Function: adjective Synonyms: MODERATE 4, middle-road, soft-shell
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — adjective Synonyms: moderate 4, middle-road, soft-shell
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — See ↑ MODERATE 1
Longman Activator English vocab
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD — {n. phr.} A way of thinking which does not favor one idea or thing too much; being halfway between two …
Словарь английских идиом
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — {adj.} Favoring action halfway between two opposite movements or ideas; with ideas halfway between two opposite sides; seeing good on …
Словарь английских идиом
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD — moderate, not extreme Our education policy is middle of the road. The majority like it.
English Idioms vocabulary
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — adj. Favoring action halfway between two opposite movements or ideas; with ideas halfway between two opposite sides; seeing good on …
American Idioms English vocabulary
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD — n. phr. A way of thinking which does not favor one idea or thing too much; being halfway between two …
American Idioms English vocabulary
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD — перепутье
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — прил. 1) средний, неэкстремистский; популистский (о политических партиях) middle-of-the-road parties 2) рассчитанный на большую аудиторию; средний, посредственный (о музыке) преим. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — Центристский
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — Общий
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD — Middle of the Road
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD — Middle of the Road
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD — Middle of the Road
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — a преим. полит. 1> умеренный; неэкстремистский middle-of-the-road democrats - умеренные демократы 2> центристский 3> средний middle-of-the-road music - музыка, рассчитанная …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD — середина дороги
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — прил.1) средний, неэкстремистский; популистский (о политических партиях) - middle-of-the-road parties 2) рассчитанный на большую аудиторию; средний, посредственный (о музыке)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD — (a) неэкстремистский; средний; умеренный; центристский
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — a преим. полит. 1) умеренный; неэкстремистский ~ democrats - умеренные демократы 2) центристский 3) средний ~ music - музыка, рассчитанная …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — a преим. полит. 1> умеренный; неэкстремистский middle-of-the-road democrats - умеренные демократы 2> центристский 3> средний middle-of-the-road music - музыка, рассчитанная …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — прил. 1) средний, неэкстремистский; популистский ( о политических партиях ) - middle-of-the-road parties 2) рассчитанный на большую аудиторию; средний, посредственный …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — прил. 1) средний, неэкстремистский; популистский (о политических партиях) - middle-of-the-road parties 2) рассчитанный на большую аудиторию; средний, посредственный (о музыке)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — _a. средний; половинчатый; - middle-of-the-road parties
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — a. средний; половинчатый; - middle-of-the-road parties
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — _a. средний; половинчатый; middle-of-the-road parties _полит. партии центра
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — Воздержанный
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD — прил. 1) средний, неэкстремистский; популистский (о политических партиях) middle-of-the-road parties 2) рассчитанный на большую аудиторию; средний, посредственный (о музыке) преим. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD — перепутье
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MIDDLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Middle Congo Middle Stone Age Middle Ages Middle East Middle English {{link=Middle East Treaty …
Английский словарь Британика
ROAD — I. ˈrōd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English rood, rode, from Old English rād ride, riding, journey; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MIDDLE — I. ˈmid ə l adjective Etymology: Middle English middel, from Old English; akin to Old Frisian middel middle, Old Saxon …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MIDDLE — (a.) Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the …
Английский словарь Webster
MIDDLE — ( a. ) Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROAD — — roadless , adj. — roadlessness , n. /rohd/ , n. 1. a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MIDDLE — /mid"l/ , adj., n., v., middled, middling . adj. 1. equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MIDDLE — I. ˈmi-d ə l adjective Etymology: Middle English middel, from Old English; akin to Old English midde Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MIDDLE — adj intermediate; intervening. 2. middle ·adj the waist. 3. middle ·adj equally distant from the extreme either of a number …
Webster English vocab
ROAD — the traveled way on which people, animals, or wheeled vehicles move. In modern usage the term road describes a rural, …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROAD — road BrE AmE rəʊd AmE roʊd ▷ roads rəʊdz AmE roʊdz ▶ ˈ road hog BrE AmE ▶ ˈ road …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MIDDLE — middle BrE AmE ˈmɪd ə l ▷ middle|s z ▶ ˌ middle ˈ age BrE AmE ▶ ˌ Middle ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ROAD
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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