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middle ground

middle ground noun: a compromised position between extremes.

Noun

middle ground (countable and uncountable, plural middle grounds)

  1. (figuratively) A compromised position between extremes.
    • Politicians must often find a middle ground to pass laws.
    • But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which [Justin] Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and...2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020
  2. The middle distance.

middle ground meaning in Tamil and Persian

middle ground in Tamil

நடு மணற்திட்டு

middle ground in Persian

compromise position between extremes
موضع میانه moze'-e miyâne
middle distance
حد وسط hadd-e vasat

Examples of middle ground in a sentence

  • We're not always going to agree, of course, but they want public ownership of the railways to work, and we want public ownership of the railways to work, so actually there's a middle ground here."2022 April 6, Conrad Landin, “ScotRail in the public eye...”, in RAIL, number 954, page 40:
  • It’s a middle ground, and that’s reflected in voter registration rolls.2023 May 4, Frank Bruni, “Republicans Are Running Wild in My State”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2023:

Forms of middle ground

pluralmiddle grounds
alternative formmiddle-ground

Words formed from middle ground

Questions about middle ground

What does middle ground mean?
Middle ground means a compromised position between extremes.
What is middle ground in Tamil?
Middle ground in Tamil is நடு மணற்திட்டு. See Middle ground meaning in Tamil.
How do you use middle ground in a sentence?
We're not always going to agree, of course, but they want public ownership of the railways to work, and we want public ownership of the railways to work, so actually there's a middle ground here."
What part of speech is middle ground?
Middle ground is a noun.
What is the plural of middle ground?
The plural of middle ground is middle grounds.

Words near middle ground in the dictionary

  1. Middle Frisian
  2. middle game
  3. middle games
  4. Middle Gap
  5. Middle Greek
  6. middle ground
  7. middle grounds
  8. middle guard
  9. middle guards
  10. Middle Harbour
  11. Middle High German

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