midmatch

English

Etymology

From mid- +‎ match.

Adjective

midmatch (not comparable)

1. During a match.
   • 2008 June 29, Christopher Clarey, “Williams Sisters Find the Grass Is Greener”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Injuries and other midmatch dramas are hardly unusual for Jankovic, who calls on trainers with regularity.

Adverb

midmatch (not comparable)

1. During a match.

   We left the stadium midmatch because the crowd was getting violent.

   • 2023 May 18, Christopher Clarey, “Even as He’s Out, Rafael Nadal Will Always Be a Part of the French Open”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Oft-injured even in his youth, he is breaking down in new places in his tennis dotage: a fractured rib and abdominal injury in 2022 and the hip injury in 2023, sustained midmatch in his straight-set defeats to Mackenzie McDonald in the second round in Australia.