medium
The material of the surrounding environment, e.gThe material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
» Newspapers, television, and radio are called the mass media.
Zeitungen, Fernsehen und Radio bezeichnet man als Massenmedien.
Газеты, телевидение и радио называются СМИ.
Газеты, телевидение и радио - это средства массовой информации.
Газеты, телевидение и радио называются средствами массовой информации.
Газети, телебачення та радіо називаються ЗМІ.
Meaning
18 sensesThe material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
Medium
среда́sredá
середо́вищеseredóvyšče
the surrounding environment
The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.
Medium
среда́sredá
середо́вищеseredóvyšče
an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
A format for communicating or presenting information.
Medium
среда́sredá
a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro.
среда́sredá
(bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
(usually)A substance, structure, or environment in which living organisms subsist, grow or are cultured.
an intervening substance through which something is achieved
A means, channel, agency or go-between through which communication, commerce, etc is conveyed or carried on, or by which an aim is achieved.
Cable TV is an inexpensive advertising medium.
носи́тельnosítelʹ, сре́дствоsrédstvo
за́сібzásib
The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.
(countable)A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
A means of expression, in the arts, such as a material (oil, pastel, clay, etc) or method or style (expressionism, jazz, etc).
Acrylics, oils, charcoal, and gouache are all mediums I used in my painting.
(countable)The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.
a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position
(countable)Someone who conveys information from the spirit world.
Medium
ме́диумmédium
(countable)A middle place or degree.
a happy medium
Examples
596 sentencesNewspapers, television, and radio are called the mass media.
Газети, телебачення та радіо називаються ЗМІ. — aandrusiak
ruГазеты, телевидение и радио называются СМИ. — marafon
deZeitungen, Fernsehen und Radio bezeichnet man als Massenmedien. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Why is it the mass media didn't report this?
Чому ЗМІ про це не повідомили? — rozmaita
deWarum haben die Massenmedien nicht davon berichtet? — xtofu80
I didn't talk to the media.
Tom wouldn't speak to the media.
Tom wants a medium-size dog.
ruТом хочет себе собаку среднего размера. — Wezel
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin medium, neuter of medius (“middle”), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from PBorrowed from Latin medium, neuter of medius (“middle”), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare middle. Doublet of mid, medio, media, and meson.
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Forms
plural: media / mediumsSynonyms
7 synonyms- (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public:mass medium
- someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead:spiritualistsensitive
- an occupation for which you are especially well suited:metier
- (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms:culture medium
Word family
37 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular