Meaning & use

medium

noun·Academic

A means by which something is communicated, expressed, or created, such as a material or method.

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Television remains a remarkably powerful medium for reaching a wide audience.

The artist chose watercolor as her preferred medium for the landscape series.

A note on using this word

The plural is media for mass communication, but mediums for people claiming to contact spirits.

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Another way to use it

2. adjective

Neither large nor small; average in size, degree, or amount.

She ordered a medium coffee to drink on the way to work.

3. noun

A person who claims to communicate with the spirits of the dead.

The medium claimed she could hear messages from the woman's late grandmother.

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