Meaning

4 senses
  1. (not comparable, noun from verb)Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.

    mittelgroß

    сре́днийsrédnij

    сере́днійserédnij

  2. (not comparable, noun from verb)Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.

  3. (especially, not comparable, noun from verb)That is medium (the manufactured size).

  4. (not comparable, noun from verb, obsolete)Arithmetically average.

More definitions
  • (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
  • around the middle of a scale of evaluation

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
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Русский
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Deutsch
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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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