Middling — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)

put in the middle

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈɪdlɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈɪdlɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈɪdlɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /mˈɪdlɪŋ/.

Examples

a novel of average merit
only a fair performance of the sonata
in fair health

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

reasonably average middle mediocre passably pretty somewhat fairly jolly moderately fair

Antonyms

unreasonably immoderately

Parts of Speech

noun	any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
verb	put in the middle
adjective	lacking exceptional quality or ability “a novel of average merit”
adverb	to a moderately sufficient extent or degree “pretty big”

Word Forms

middle	noun	an intermediate part or section; - Aristotle
averageness	noun	ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
mediocrity	noun	ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

mittelmäßig

jede Ware mittlerer Qualität oder Größe (insbesondere wenn grobe Weizenmehlpartikel mit Kleie vermischt werden)

🇫🇷French

médiocre

tout produit de qualité ou de taille intermédiaire (surtout lorsque de grosses particules de blé moulu sont mélangées avec du son)

🇪🇸Spanish

regular

cualquier producto de calidad o tamaño intermedio (especialmente cuando se mezclan partículas gruesas de trigo molido con salvado)

🇮🇹Italian

mediocre

qualsiasi prodotto di qualità o dimensione intermedia (specialmente quando le particelle grossolane di grano macinato sono mescolate con crusca)

🇳🇱Dutch

middelmatig

elk product van gemiddelde kwaliteit of grootte (vooral wanneer grove deeltjes gemalen tarwe worden gemengd met zemelen)

🇵🇹Portuguese

mediano

qualquer mercadoria de qualidade ou tamanho intermediário (especialmente quando partículas grossas de trigo moído são misturadas com farelo)

🇷🇺Russian

средний

любой товар среднего качества или размера (особенно, когда крупные частицы молотой пшеницы смешаны с отрубями)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मंझला

मध्यवर्ती गुणवत्ता या आकार की कोई भी वस्तु (विशेषकर जब पिसे हुए गेहूं के मोटे कणों को चोकर के साथ मिलाया जाता है)

🇧🇩Bengali

মধ্যম

মধ্যবর্তী মানের বা আকারের যেকোন পণ্য (বিশেষ করে যখন ভুসি গমের মোটা কণা তুষের সাথে মেশানো হয়)

🇮🇳Tamil

நடுநிலை

இடைநிலை தரம் அல்லது அளவு உள்ள எந்தப் பண்டமும் (குறிப்பாக அரைத்த கோதுமையின் கரடுமுரடான துகள்கள் தவிடு கலந்திருக்கும் போது)

🇮🇳Telugu

మిడిలింగ్

ఇంటర్మీడియట్ నాణ్యత లేదా పరిమాణంలోని ఏదైనా వస్తువు (ముఖ్యంగా గోధుమల ముతక కణాలను ఊకతో కలిపినప్పుడు)

🇮🇳Marathi

मधले

मध्यम दर्जाची किंवा आकाराची कोणतीही वस्तू (विशेषतः जेव्हा गव्हाचे खडबडीत कण कोंडामध्ये मिसळले जातात)

🇮🇳Gujarati

મધ્યમ

મધ્યવર્તી ગુણવત્તા અથવા કદની કોઈપણ કોમોડિટી (ખાસ કરીને જ્યારે ઘઉંના બરછટ કણોને બ્રાન સાથે મિશ્રિત કરવામાં આવે છે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮಧ್ಯದ

ಮಧ್ಯಂತರ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟ ಅಥವಾ ಗಾತ್ರದ ಯಾವುದೇ ಸರಕು (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ನೆಲದ ಗೋಧಿಯ ಒರಟಾದ ಕಣಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಟ್ಟು ಜೊತೆ ಬೆರೆಸಿದಾಗ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

മധ്യഭാഗം

ഇൻ്റർമീഡിയറ്റ് ഗുണനിലവാരമോ വലുപ്പമോ ഉള്ള ഏതെങ്കിലും ചരക്ക് (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് പൊടിച്ച ഗോതമ്പിൻ്റെ പരുക്കൻ കണങ്ങൾ തവിടുമായി കലർത്തുമ്പോൾ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਿਡਲ

ਵਿਚਕਾਰਲੀ ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ ਜਾਂ ਆਕਾਰ ਦੀ ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਵਸਤੂ (ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਜਦੋਂ ਜ਼ਮੀਨੀ ਕਣਕ ਦੇ ਮੋਟੇ ਕਣਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਭੁੰਨ ਨਾਲ ਮਿਲਾਇਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ)

🇵🇰Urdu

درمیانی

درمیانی معیار یا سائز کی کوئی بھی شے (خاص طور پر جب گندم کے موٹے ذرات کو چوکر کے ساتھ ملایا جاتا ہے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

中等

任何中等质量或大小的商品（特别是当粗颗粒的磨碎小麦与麸皮混合时）

🇯🇵Japanese

中途半端な

中間の品質またはサイズの商品（特に小麦粉の粗い粒子がふすまと混合されている場合）

🇰🇷Korean

중간

중간 품질 또는 크기의 모든 상품(특히 분쇄된 밀의 거친 입자가 밀기울과 혼합된 경우)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

trung bình

bất kỳ mặt hàng nào có chất lượng hoặc kích cỡ trung bình (đặc biệt khi các hạt lúa mì thô được trộn với cám)

🇹🇭Thai

ปานกลาง

สินค้าใด ๆ ที่มีคุณภาพหรือขนาดปานกลาง (โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งเมื่ออนุภาคหยาบของข้าวสาลีบดผสมกับรำข้าว)

🇮🇩Indonesian

lumayan

komoditas apa pun dengan kualitas atau ukuran sedang (terutama ketika partikel kasar gandum giling dicampur dengan dedak)

🇵🇭Filipino

gitna

anumang kalakal ng intermediate na kalidad o laki (lalo na kapag ang mga magaspang na particle ng giniling na trigo ay hinaluan ng bran)

🇲🇾Malay

pertengahan

sebarang komoditi kualiti atau saiz sederhana (terutamanya apabila zarah kasar gandum kisar dicampur dengan dedak)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

متوسطة

أي سلعة ذات جودة أو حجم متوسط (خاصة عندما يتم خلط جزيئات القمح المطحون الخشنة مع النخالة)

🇮🇷Persian

میانه

هر کالایی با کیفیت یا اندازه متوسط (به ویژه زمانی که ذرات درشت گندم آسیاب شده با سبوس مخلوط می شود)

🇹🇷Turkish

orta halli

orta kalite veya büyüklükteki herhangi bir ürün (özellikle öğütülmüş buğdayın kaba parçacıkları kepekle karıştırıldığında)

🇮🇱Hebrew

בֵּינוֹנִי

כל מצרך באיכות בינונית או בגודל בינוני (במיוחד כאשר חלקיקים גסים של חיטה טחונה מעורבבים עם סובין)

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What is the primary definition of the word 'middling'?

The primary meaning of 'middling' is 'any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)'.

Which of the following sentences uses the word 'middling' in a grammatically correct way?

Using 'middling' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'middling' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'middling' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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