middles
SayMID-uhlzUS · UK/ˈmɪdl̩z/AUS/ˈmɪdəlz/
- 1Plural of middle.
The middles of long novels often drag before the final act picks up.
Bakers prize the soft, steaming middles of freshly baked loaves.
Note
A regular -s plural, with no change to the stem. It is most at home with the count meanings: the centers of several objects, or the stretches between the beginnings and ends of several stories, as in the middles of loaves or novels. Meanings that name one shared thing, like the political center or the middle voice of grammar, rarely call for a plural at all.
middles is a form of middle
middle, noun: The central point or part of something, or the part between its beginning and end. Full entry
- Forms
- middlemiddles plural
- Spelling
- middle → middles: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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