Definition of "midway"

midway

/mɪdweɪ/

noun
plural midways
1. The middle; the midst.
2. A middle way or manner; a mean or middle course between extremes.
  Quotations
  Prayes, and distroyes the prayer, no midwayTwixt these extreames at all.
  c. 1606–1607, 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, [Act III, scene iv]
  Paths indirect, or in the midway faint.
  1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
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
adjective
comparative more midway, superlative most midway
1. Being in the middle of the way or distance; middle.
adverb
not comparable
1. Halfway; equidistant from either end point; in the middle between two points
  Quotations
  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