midstretch

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adverb

In the middle of the stretch of a race

OriginEnglish stretch ← Middle English mid ← Old English midd →
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Meanings

adverbmidstretch (not comparable)
  1. not comparableoftenhobbiesIn the middle of the stretch of a race

    Ridden by Garrett Gomez, he collared Hard Spun in midstretch and drew away with surprising ease […].

    2007 August 6, Bill Finley, “Any Given Saturday Outruns His Top Rivals to Win the Haskell”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Germanic*midjaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*midi
  7. Old Englishmidd
  8. Middle Englishmid
  9. Englishmid
  10. Englishmid-
  11. Englishstretch
  12. Englishmidstretch

From mid- + stretch.

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Cite this entry
APA

midstretch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midstretch

MLA

“midstretch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midstretch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “midstretch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midstretch.

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