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medium

//ˈmiː.di.əm//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

Note for medium

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Forms

Plural
media

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.

  2. 2.The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.

  3. 3.A format for communicating or presenting information.

  4. 4.A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro.

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.

  2. 2.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. 3.That is medium (the manufactured size).

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

  1. 1.To a medium extent.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3613

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Etymology

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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