Etymology From Middle English mydwaye, mydweye, from Old English midweġ (“midway”), equivalent to mid- + way. Cognate with Dutch midweg (“midway”), Middle Low German midwech (“midway”).
1
The middle; the midst.
2
A middle way or manner; a mean or middle path between extremes.
Prayes, and distroyes the prayer, no midway Twixt these extreames at all.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
Paths indirect, or in the midway faint.1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
3
US The part of a fair or circus where rides, entertainments, and booths are concentrated.
4
US The widest aisle in the middle of an industrial complex (such as railroad shops or a coach yard) along which various buildings are aligned.
Etymology From Middle English mydwaye, mydweye, from Old English midweġ (“midway”), equivalent to mid- + way. Cognate with Dutch midweg (“midway”), Middle Low German midwech (“midway”).
1
Being in the middle of the way or distance; middle.
He told me to identify a good midway point at which I could pause the job.
A: Where's the ship at currently? B: It is midway.
Etymology From Middle English mydwaye, mydweye, from Old English midweġ (“midway”), equivalent to mid- + way. Cognate with Dutch midweg (“midway”), Middle Low German midwech (“midway”).
1
Halfway; equidistant from either end point; in the middle between two points.
He stopped me midway through the job and told me to put it on hold.
Originally scheduled to come up mid-way through the alphabetically-ordered agenda by being listed as "Lesbianism," the issue was pushed back to 23 (out of 26 resolutions) with the renaming of it as "Sexual Preference."1977 December 10, Leslie Cagan, “IWY: Lesbians at Houston and Beyond”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 23, page 3:
1 more example
It shell-shocked the home crowd, who quickly demanded a response, which came midway through the half and in emphatic fashion.2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport: