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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located;

2. naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands;
[syn: Midway, Battle of Midway]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. equally distant from the extremes;
[syn: center(a), halfway, middle(a), midway]


ADVERB (1)

1. at half the distance; at the middle;
- Example: "he was halfway down the ladder when he fell"
[syn: halfway, midway]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Midway \Mid"way`\, n. The middle of the way or distance; a middle way or course. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Paths indirect, or in the midway faint. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Midway \Mid"way`\, a. Being in the middle of the way or distance; as, the midway air. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Midway \Mid"way`\, adv. In the middle of the way or distance; half way. "She met his glance midway." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

midway adv 1: at half the distance; at the middle; "he was halfway down the ladder when he fell" [syn: halfway, midway] adj 1: equally distant from the extremes [syn: center(a), halfway, middle(a), midway] n 1: the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located 2: naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands [syn: Midway, Battle of Midway]