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midair

/(ˈ)mɪdˈɛɹ/

midair adjective: in the act of flight; airborne.

Adjective

midair (not comparable)

  1. In the act of flight; airborne.
    • Oh, can’t you?” The Manager paused in his midair flight and regarded the child anxiously. “ Well, if that’s the case,” he added at last, “ we can put you in the movies.”1915, Life 1915-12-30: Volume 66, Issue 1731, Time Incorporated, page 1273
    • Hawks, falcons and other raptors share traits that make them formidable hunters. Strong legs with talons can grab and hold their victims. Hooked bills can bite and tear at their prey. And keen eyes search far and wide for their next meal. Owls see well in the dark and hunt at night, but hawks and...1946, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Wildlife in North Carolina, N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission, page 28

Noun

midair (countable and uncountable, plural midairs)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being airborne.
    • The leaping dog spun around in midair.
    • The rooms seemed to run on for blocks, stuffed with automata human and animal assembled and in pieces, disappearing-cabinets, tables that would float in midair and other trick furniture, Davenport figures with dark-rimmed eyes in sinister faces, lengths of perfect black velvet and multicolored silk...2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Penguin, published 2012
  2. (countable) A collision between two or more aerospace vehicles in flight.

midair meaning in Tamil and Urdu

midair in Tamil

அத்தாயம், அந்தரம்

midair in Urdu

فضا

Examples of midair in a sentence

  • When a soaring peregrine spots a meal on the wing, it folds its wings and dives for a midair strike.1946, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Wildlife in North Carolina, N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission, page 28:
  • The reptile buried its fangs into the crown of the hat in a midair strike that slapped the Stetson to the floorboards between them.1983, J. D. Hardin, Heather, Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 128:
  • As if in a midair strike, the caribou bull comes down to land upon the hunter.1988, Dan D. Gapen, Wilderness North, Whitewater Publications, →ISBN, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2020, page 240:
  • The Control Stick will enable you to toss your rivals upward, which perfectly sets them up for you to perform a midair attack on them.1996, Leslie Swan, Nintendo Player's Guides, Nintendo, page 8:

All 16 example sentences with midair

Forms of midair

Adjective
alternative formmid-air
Noun
pluralmidairs

Origin of midair

From mid (adjetive) + air (noun).

Questions about midair

What does midair mean?
Midair means in the act of flight; airborne.
What is midair in Tamil?
Midair in Tamil is அத்தாயம், அந்தரம். See Midair meaning in Tamil.
How do you use midair in a sentence?
When a soaring peregrine spots a meal on the wing, it folds its wings and dives for a midair strike.
What part of speech is midair?
Midair can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce midair?
Midair is pronounced /(ˈ)mɪdˈɛɹ/ (US).

Words near midair in the dictionary

  1. midafternoon
  2. midafternoons
  3. midage
  4. midaged
  5. midaglizole
  6. midair
  7. midairs
  8. midaltitude
  9. midamble
  10. midambles
  11. midan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: midair (page history and authors); midair (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); midair (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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