at half the distance; at the middle; "he was halfway down the ladder when he fell"
If something happens midway through a period of time, it happens during the middle part of it. He crashed midway through the race Midway is also an adjective. They were denied an obvious penalty before the midway point of the first half. Mid·way two small islands in the Pacific Ocean northwest of Honolulu, used as a US military base. There was an important sea and air battle there in 1942 called the Battle of Midway. formerly Brooks Islands Unincorporated U.S. territory, central Pacific Ocean. Midway consists of two coral islands, Eastern and Sand islands, with a total land area of 2 sq mi (5 sq km); there is no permanent population. Claimed for the U.S. in 1859 by Capt. N.C. Brooks, the islands were formally annexed in 1867. Their location, over 1,300 mi (2,100 km) northwest of Honolulu, gave them strategic importance for U.S. forces during World War II, and in 1941 the U.S. Navy established an air and submarine base there. The Battle of Midway (1942) took place in nearby waters. Midway also served as a commercial air base. Its airfield was closed in 1993
If something is midway between two places, it is between them and the same distance from each of them. The studio is midway between his aunt's old home and his cottage. = halfway Midway is also an adjective. the midway point between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester. = halfway
naval battle of World War II (June 1942); land and carrier-based American planes decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands
{i} Midway Island, Midway Islands, atoll located in North Pacific Ocean close to the north-western end of the Hawaiian archipelago (one-third of the way between Honolulu and Tokyo) which forms a part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands
{i} Midway Atoll, atoll located in North Pacific Ocean close to the north-western end of the Hawaiian archipelago (one-third of the way between Honolulu and Tokyo) which forms a part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands
World War II naval battle fought by the United States and Japan that took place near the Midway Islands in the central Pacific Ocean in 1942 (resulted in victory for the American Forces)
(June 3-6, 1942) Major World War II naval battle between the U.S. and Japan. Japanese naval forces under Yamamoto Isoroku sought to seize Midway Island by engaging the numerically inferior U.S. Pacific fleet. U.S. intelligence had broken the Japanese naval code, and the U.S. prepared for the assault by mobilizing about 115 land-based aircraft as well as three aircraft carriers. On June 3 its bombers began striking Japan's carrier force. Japan was unable to match the U.S. air power and, after heavy losses, abandoned efforts to land on Midway. The battle brought the Pacific naval forces of Japan and the U.S. to approximate parity and marked the turning point of the war between the two countries