Meaning

18 senses
  1. The 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

  2. 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

  3. A format for communicating or presenting information.

    Medium

    среда́sredá

    a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information

  4. 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

  5. (usually)A substance, structure, or environment in which living organisms subsist, grow or are cultured.

    an intervening substance through which something is achieved

  6. 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

  7. The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.

  8. (countable)A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.

    a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter

  9. 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.

  10. (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

  11. (countable)Someone who conveys information from the spirit world.

    Medium

    ме́диумmédium

  12. (countable)A middle place or degree.

    a happy medium

Examples

596 sentences
  1. Newspapers, 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

  2. 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

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  3. I didn't talk to the media.

  4. Tom wouldn't speak to the media.

  5. Tom wants a medium-size dog.

    ruТом хочет себе собаку среднего размера. — Wezel

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
nature of the surrounding environment:
means, channel or agency by which an aim is achieved:
Русский
By meaning 3
nature of the surrounding environment:
means, channel or agency by which an aim is achieved:
someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
nature of the surrounding environment:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin medium, neuter of medius (“middle”), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from P

Borrowed 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 / mediums
Singularmedium
Pluralmedia / mediums

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (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 words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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