MIDDLE OF THE ROAD

Meaning of MIDDLE OF THE ROAD in English

Date: 1891

: a course of action or a standpoint midway between extremes

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

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: 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 — being halfway between two different ideas, seeing good on both sides of an issue The president was elected because he …
English Idioms vocab
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
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