midsize

adjective

mid·​size ˈmid-ˌsīz How to pronounce midsize (audio)
variants or less commonly midsized
: of intermediate size
a midsize car

Examples of midsize in a Sentence

the midsize company was finding it increasingly difficult to compete with the corporate giants
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Editor’s picks Natalia was born in 1989 in Tampico, a midsize city three hundred miles from the U.S. in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Megan Greenwell, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025 One of us, Patrick, witnessed this firsthand in 2003 while working as a pharmacy technician at Walgreens in a midsize West Texas town. Peter Boumgarden, The Conversation, 28 May 2025 The Range Rover Sport is a midsize SUV built in the Solihull, UK assembly plant and sold worldwide by Land Rover. Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 25 May 2025 Confronted with the limitations of time and money in a difficult custom market for midsize superyachts, brands and designers are dreaming up semi-custom designs. Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 25 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for midsize

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of midsize was in 1967

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“Midsize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midsize. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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midsize

adjective
mid·​size ˈmid-ˌsīz How to pronounce midsize (audio)
: of intermediate size
a midsize car
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