midstride

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adverb

In the middle of a stride.

“I stopped in midstride.”

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

adverbmidstride (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn the middle of a stride.

    AS Mr. Florsheim paces around his hotel room, he stops midstride […].

    2007 June 24, Ron Stodghill, “The Florsheims, Back in Their Own Shoes”, in New York Times
nounmidstride (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe middle of a stride.

    I stopped in midstride.

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. Englishstride
  12. Englishmidstride

From mid- + stride.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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