Meaning & use
medium
A means by which something is communicated, expressed, or created, such as a material or method.
See it in a sentence
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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