MIDDLE GROUND

Meaning of MIDDLE GROUND in English

a position that is fair to both sides, a compromise

The minister tried to find some middle ground between the nurses and the administrators.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

MIDDLE GROUND — noun Date: 1801 a standpoint or area midway between extreme or opposing positions, options, or objectives, middle distance 1
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MIDDLE GROUND — noun 1. nautical : a shoal in a fairway having a channel on either side 2. : middle distance 1 …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MIDDLE-GROUND — (n.) That part of a picture between the foreground and the background.
Английский словарь Webster
MIDDLE-GROUND — ( n. ) That part of a picture between the foreground and the background.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MIDDLE GROUND — 1. an intermediate position, area, or recourse between two opposites or extremes; a halfway or neutral standpoint. 2. See middle …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MIDDLE GROUND — Date: 1801 1. : a standpoint or area midway between extreme or opposing positions, options, or objectives 2. : middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MIDDLE-GROUND — noun that part of a picture between the foreground and the background.
Webster English vocab
MIDDLE GROUND — Function: noun Date: 1801 1 : a standpoint or area midway between extreme or opposing positions, options, or objectives 2 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MIDDLE GROUND — ■ noun 1》 an area of compromise or possible agreement between two extreme positions. 2》 the middle distance of a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MIDDLE GROUND — [middle ground] n (1801) 1: a standpoint midway between extremes 2: middle distance 1
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MIDDLE GROUND — noun [ U ] a set of opinions, decisions, etc. that two or more groups who oppose each other can …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MIDDLE GROUND — ˌmiddle ˈground BrE AmE noun [uncountable] ideas that are not extreme, and that people who oppose each other can agree …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MIDDLE GROUND — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He has decided that the election will be won or lost on social issues in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MIDDLE GROUND — 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 GROUND — {n.} A place halfway between the two sides of an argument; a compromise. * /John wanted to go running. Bill …
Slang English vocab
MIDDLE GROUND — See ↑ MODERATE 1
Longman Activator English vocab
MIDDLE GROUND — n. the ~ between
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
MIDDLE GROUND — {n.} A place halfway between the two sides of an argument; a compromise. * /John wanted to go running. Bill …
Словарь английских идиом
MIDDLE GROUND — a position that is fair to both sides, a compromise, keep an open mind The minister tried to find some …
English Idioms vocab
MIDDLE GROUND — n. A place halfway between the two sides of an argument; a compromise. John wanted to go running. Bill said …
American Idioms English vocabulary
MIDDLE GROUND — (морское) мель посредине входа или фарватера
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MIDDLE GROUND — мор. мель посредине входа или фарватера
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MIDDLE GROUND — мор. мель посредине входа или фарватера
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MIDDLE GROUND — мор. мель посредине входа или фарватера
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MIDDLE GROUND — банка, лежащая посредине фарватера серединная банка мель)
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
MIDDLE GROUND — серединная банка [c gray](мель)
Англо-Русский морской словарь
MIDDLE GROUND — (морское) мель посредине входа или фарватера
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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
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
GROUND — I. ˈgrau̇nd noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ground, grund, from Old English grund; akin to …
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
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
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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
GROUND — I. ˈgrau̇nd noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grund; akin to Old High German grunt ground …
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
GROUND
Webster English vocab
GROUND — [ground] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE grund; akin to OHG grunt ground] (bef. 12c) 1 a: the bottom of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MIDDLE — middle BrE AmE ˈmɪd ə l ▷ middle|s z ▶ ˌ middle ˈ age BrE AmE ▶ ˌ Middle ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MIDDLE — / ˈmɪdl; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun 1. the middle [ sing. ] the part of sth that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GROUND — / graʊnd; NAmE / noun , verb , adjective —see also grind verb ■ noun SURFACE OF EARTH 1. (often …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MIDDLE — I. mid ‧ dle 1 S1 W2 /ˈmɪdl/ BrE AmE noun 1 . CENTRE PART the middle the part that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GROUND — I. ground 1 S1 W1 /ɡraʊnd/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ ground , ↑ underground , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MIDDLE — adj., n., & v. --attrib.adj. 1 at an equal distance from the extremities of a thing. 2 (of a member …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GROUND — n. & v. --n. 1 a the surface of the earth, esp. as contrasted with the air around it. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MIDDLE — adj., n., & v. attrib.adj. 1 at an equal distance from the extremities of a thing. 2 (of a member …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GROUND — n. & v. n. 1 a the surface of the earth, esp. as contrasted with the air around it. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MIDDLE — adj., n., & v. --attrib.adj. 1. at an equal distance from the extremities of a thing. 2 (of a member …
Oxford English vocab
GROUND — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a the surface of the earth, esp. as contrasted with the air around it. …
Oxford English vocab
MIDDLE — ( middles) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The middle of something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GROUND — ( grounds, grounding, grounded) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The ground …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MIDDLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a middle position (= one that is between two extreme positions ) ▪ They …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GROUND — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cricket field/ground/pitch (= area of ground where cricket is played ) ▪ the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MIDDLE — [adjective] [before noun; not gradable]In the sequence a, b, c, d, e the middle letter is c, because there are …
Cambridge English vocab
MIDDLE — n. Middle West Middle Congo Middle Stone Age Middle Ages Middle East Middle English Middle East Treaty Organization
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MIDDLE — Synonyms and related words : active, active voice, amidships, arbitrational, arbitrative, average, axial, axis, balance, bisect, center, center of action, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GROUND — See: BREAK GROUND, COMMON GROUND, COVER GROUND or COVER THE GROUND, CUT THE GROUND FROM UNDER, EAR TO THE GROUND, …
Slang English vocab
MIDDLE — INDEX: 1. the middle 2. in the middle RELATED WORDS between two or more people or things : ↑ BETWEEN …
Longman Activator English vocab
MIDDLE — adj. 1 central, centre, halfway, mid, midway, mean, medial, Technical mesial We had reached the middle stage of our journey …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GROUND — See: BREAK GROUND, COMMON GROUND, COVER GROUND or COVER THE GROUND, CUT THE GROUND FROM UNDER, EAR TO THE GROUND, …
Словарь английских идиом
MIDDLE — I adjective 1 BAD : The girl was of middle height and was wearing a blue suit. GOOD : The …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
GROUND — noun 1 BAD : The plane flew over enemy ground. GOOD : The plane flew over enemy territory. ◆◆◆ FLOOR …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
MIDDLE — 1. сущ. 1) середина а) центральная часть чего-л. in the middle of Syn : centre, midst, center б) среднее состояние, …
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