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Spell Bee Word: Midway


What does midway mean?

Word: Midway

Part of Speech: Adverb

Meaning: Midway means in the middle, at the point between the start and the end of a road, a trip or an event.

How do you spell midway?

Syllables: mid - way

Tricky part: It is one word, and the second half is spelt exactly like the word way. There is only one d.

Watch out for: middway, midwai

Memory tip: It is the middle of the way: write mid, then way exactly as on a road sign saying One Way.

Midway in a sentence

Example 1: The rain started midway through our picnic.

Example 2: Let us meet midway between your house and mine.

Example 3: The singer forgot her lines midway, but carried on.

Fun Fact

Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean got its name because it lies roughly midway between North America and Asia.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

midway

a) halfway
b) sideways
c) always
d) faraway

Show answer

a) halfway. Midway and halfway both point to the middle.

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) midway
b) sunflowr
c) footstepps
d) pathwey

Show answer

a) midway. Pathway ends in way, footsteps has one p and sunflower ends in er.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

wyamdi

a) mighty
b) midway
c) dismay
d) windy

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b) midway. Start with mid; windy has an n, dismay an s and mighty a g, h and t.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) midway
b) destinasion
c) railwey
d) distanse

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a) midway. Distance ends in ce, destination in tion and railway in way.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you stop midway through a book, you ____.

a) read it twice
b) stop in the middle
c) never open it
d) finish it

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b) stop in the middle

2. If you are midway through a 10 km walk, you have walked about ____.

a) 1 km
b) 5 km
c) 10 km
d) 9 km

Show answer

b) 5 km

Associated Words

Words that end in -way: roadway, motorway, anyway, leeway

More words from this list

preparation, seminar, tradition, afterwards, canyon, depend, expensive, import

Next steps

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