Meaning & Definition of Midway in English

1. The place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located

2. Naval battle of world war ii (june 1942)

• American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a japanese fleet on its way to invade the midway islands

1. Equally distant from the extremes

1. At half the distance

• At the middle

• "He was halfway down the ladder when he fell"