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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181. The copycat phenomenon is a danger to which the media may be contributing.
182. It could well turn into some kind of a media circus.
183. The press conference was her first direct encounter with the media.
184. I don't think they're just jazzing it up for the media.
185. Why does the media present such a negative view of this splendid city?
186. Out of respect for the wishes of her family, the affair was not reported in the media.
187. The attention of the news media was firmly focused on the elections.
188. She is one of the wealthiest, most ubiquitous media personalities around.
189. A great deal of media hype surrounded the release of the group's latest CD.
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