Definitions for: Midway


[n] naval battle of World War II (June 1942); land and carrier-based American planes decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands
[n] the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located
[adv] at half the distance; at the middle; "he was halfway down the ladder when he fell"
[adj] equally distant from the extremes



Webster (1913) Definition: Mid"way`, n.
The middle of the way or distance; a middle way or course.
--Shak.

Paths indirect, or in the midway faint. --Milton.


Mid"way`, a.
Being in the middle of the way or distance; as, the midway
air. --Shak.


Mid"way`, adv.
In the middle of the way or distance; half way. ``She met his
glance midway.'' --Dryden.

Synonyms: battle of Midway, center(a), central, halfway, halfway, middle(a)

See Also: carnival, fair, funfair, Midway Islands, naval battle, parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, Second World War, tract, World War, World War II

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