MIDDLE-DISTANCE


Meaning of MIDDLE-DISTANCE in English

adjective

[ only before noun ] ( sport ) connected with running a race over a distance that is neither very short nor very long :

a middle-distance runner (= for example, somebody who runs 800 or 1500 metre races)

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.