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midway
midway /ˌmɪdˈweɪ◂ $ ˈmɪdweɪ/ adjective, adverb
 Word Family: noun: way, subway; adverb: midway, way; adjective: midway
1. between two places, and the same distance from each of them
   SYN  halfway
    midway between
    The city is midway between Edinburgh and London.
2. when half a period of time has passed
   SYN  halfway
    midway through
    Leeds scored midway through the first half.


Midway
I
Midway1 /ˈmɪdweɪ/
two small islands in the Pacific Ocean northwest of Honolulu, used as a US military base. There was an important sea and air battle there in 1942 called the Battle of Midway.

II
Midway2
an airport in Chicago, Illinois, used mostly for flights within the US