Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Unlikely to be more than modestly successful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: media, publishing
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Expected to achieve sales performance that blends frontlist performance with backlist performance, being neither a bestseller when new nor a perennial backlist performer but strong enough in each of those categories to be successful overall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, not-comparable
Topics: media, publishing
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-? Proto-Indo-European *-dhe Proto-Indo-European *médhi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médhyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English list English midlist From mid- + list.
