Similar words: immediate, medium, medical, medication, medal, armed, come down, diary. Meaning: ['mɪːdɪəm] n.1. a middle state or condition; mean. 2. something intermediate in nature or degree. 3. an intervening substance, as air, through which a force acts or an effect is produced. 4. the element that is the natural habitat of an organism. 5. surrounding objects, conditions, or influences; environment. 6. an intervening agency, means, or instrument by which something is conveyed or accomplished: Words are a medium of expression. 7. one of the means or channels of general communication, information, or entertainment in society, as newspapers, radio, or television. 8. Biol. the substance in which specimens are displayed or preserved. 9. Also called culture medium. Bacteriol. a liquid or solidified nutrient material suitable for the cultivation of microorganisms. 10. a person through whom the spirits of the dead are alleged to be able to contact the living. 11. Fine Arts. Painting. a liquid with which pigments are mixed. the material or technique with which an artist works: the medium of watercolor. 12. a size of printing paper, 181/2 × 231/2 in. (47 × 60 cm) in England, 18 × 23 to 19 × 25 in. (46 × 58 to 48 × 64 cm) in America. 13. Chiefly Brit. a size of drawing or writing paper, 171/2 × 22 in. (44 × 56 cm). 14. Also called medium strip. Midland U.S. See median strip. 15. in medium, Motion Pictures, Television. with the principal actors in the middle distance: The scene was shot in medium. adj.16. about halfway between extremes, as of degree, amount, quality, position, or size: Cook over medium heat. He is of medium height. [1575-85; < L: the middle, n. use of neut. of medius middle. See MID1]Syn. 16. average, mean, middling.Usage. 7. See media1., mediae/mee"dee euh/, n.1. a pl. of medium. 2. (usually used with a pl. v.) the means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers, and magazines, that reach or influence people widely: The media are covering the speech tonight. adj.3. pertaining to or concerned with such means: a job in media research. Usage. MEDIA, like data, is the plural form of a word borrowed directly from Latin. The singular, MEDIUM, early developed the meaning "an intervening agency, means, or instrument" and was first applied to newspapers two centuries ago. In the 1920s MEDIA began to appear as a singular collective noun, sometimes with the plural MEDIAS. This singular use is now common in the fields of mass communication and advertising, but it is not frequently found outside them: The media is (or are) not antibusiness.mediae/mee"dee euh/, n., pl. mediae /-dee ee'/.1. Gk. Gram. a voiced plosive, as /b, d, g/. 2. Anat. the middle layer of an artery or lymphatic vessel. 3. Entomol. a longitudinal vein in the middle portion of the wing of an insect..
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151. The meeting was hyped up in the media as an important event.
152. The police claimed that reports in the media were slanted against/towards the defendant.
153. The royal family tried to insulate him from the prying eyes of the media.
154. The media training industry has mushroomed over the past decade.
155. The mass media have been vested with significant power as social and political agents in modern developed societies.
156. The media will report on it and the tabloids will build it up.
157. Why is the media so preoccupied with the love lives of politicians?
158. The media was / were accused of influencing the final decision.
159. The content of the media course includes scripting, editing and camera work.
160. He has accused the British media of pursuing a vendetta against him.
161. She's always sounding off about too much sex in the media.
162. The launch of their new machines in this factory received much media coverage.
163. For years radio has been the Cinderella of the media world.
164. Media studies is regarded as a more exciting subject, if only because it's new.
165. Media people need to be good mixers and good talkers.
166. The spokesman for the State Department disinformed some information about the country's military strength and plans in the news media.
167. The media always manage to nose out some interesting facts about a politician's past life.
168. The role of the news media in forming public opinion is very important.
169. We want to change the way women are depicted in the media.
170. The media focus on politicians' private lives inevitably switches the attention away from the real issues.
171. What the media should not do is to exploit people's natural fears.
172. The image of him that the media have presented has no substance.
173. There will be a fuss when the media get hold of the story.
173. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.
174. He became a media star for his part in the protests.
175. This product has excited a great deal of media interest.
176. A senior civil servant has been disciplined for revealing secret government plans to the media.
177. The seminar aims to provide an overview on new media publishing.
178. The media played an important part in the last election.
179. A media circus surrounded the royal couple wherever they went.
180. I have been convinced that the print media are more accurate and more reliable than television.
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