Middle East and Mediterranean Branch

middle Noun

— The place that is between two things; the place that is halfway between two ends of something. Cut the wood exactly in the middle to get two pieces of equal size. The middle of the three books is the one you want.

east Noun

— The east is a place that is closer to where the sun rises than another place. My parents live in the east.

east Preposition

— One of the four compass directions: 90º clockwise from north. The sun rises in the east. I drove east from Chicago.

and Conjunction

— You use and to talk about two things at once. I like singing and reading. Mary and Jane went on a holiday together. — You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list. I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer. I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring. — And is used when you are putting two sentences together. She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left. — Used to show what happened after something else. The alarm went off and I woke up. — And is used to join certain numbers together. Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.

Mediterranean

— noun the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia — adjective of or relating to or characteristic of or located near the Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean countries

branch Noun

— A part of a tree that grows out from the trunk (center). Sally scraped her arm on a branch when she fell out of a tree. — A part of something that acts like a branch does to its tree. The study of electricity is a branch of physics. — One of a series of shops that are owned by the same company in business. McDonalds has many branches spread throughout the country.