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midships

midships is the alternative form of amidships.

Meaning of amidships

Adverb

amidships (not generally comparable, comparative more amidships, superlative most amidships)

  1. (not comparable, usually) In the middle of a ship, either longitudinally or laterally.
    • [The U-boat captain] waited until the crosshairs lay directly amidships.
  2. (not comparable, usually) Usually in the line of the keel, but sometimes halfway between bow and stern; often contracted to “midships.” (FM 55-501).
  3. (figuratively, not comparable, usually) On the flank, at a vulnerable place.
    • In stating that the Woosters never give up, I was in error. These words caught me amidships and took all the fighting spirit out of me, leaving me a spent force.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC

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Questions about midships

What is midships the alternative form of?
Midships is the alternative form of amidships.

Words near midships in the dictionary

  1. midshipmite
  2. midshipmites
  3. midshippeople
  4. midshipperson
  5. midshippersons
  6. midships
  7. midshipwoman
  8. midshipwomen
  9. midshit
  10. midshits
  11. midshock

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Adapted from Wiktionary: midships (page history and authors); amidships (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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