media Definition

media
plural noun

1. Plural of medium.

singular or plural noun

1. The means by which news and information, etc is communicated to the public, usually considered to be TV, radio and the press collectively.

Form: the media (usually)
Form: the mass media

Info:

○ When referring to newspapers and broadcasting, media is still more commonly treated as a plural noun:

○ Occasionally, however, it is used as a singular noun, especially when a unified concept is intended:

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○ Media is often used before a noun, eg media attention, media coverage.

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medium
noun mediums (plural in all senses except 2 and 7), media (plural in all senses except 3)

1. Something by or through which an effect is produced.

Thesaurus: means, mode, way, avenue, agency, channel, vehicle.
2. See media.
3. Someone through whom the spirits of dead people are said to communicate with the living.

Thesaurus: fortuneteller, clairvoyant, psychic, seer, prophet, oracle.
4. art.
A particular category of materials seen as a means of expression, eg watercolours, photography or clay.
5. art.
A substance, eg water, oil, turpentine, in which paint is thinned or mixed.
6. biol.
A culture medium.
7. computing.
Any material on which data is recorded, eg magnetic disk.
Form: media (usually)
8. A middle position, condition or course.

Example: a happy medium
Thesaurus: average, centre, mean, middle, middle-of-the-road, midpoint.

adj

1. Intermediate; midway; average.

Thesaurus: median, middling, midway, standard, average, fair.
2. Moderate.
3. Said of meat, especially steak: cooked through so that it is not bloody when cut open. Compare rare², well done.

Etymology: 16c: Latin, from medius middle.