Question 1 · Quick check
media
CEFRC1
/ˈmiːdiə/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
Newspapers, television, radio, and the internet as sources of information.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA voiced stop consonant.
Examples
The company utilizes every media tool available to market its products.
The media got wind of a rumor about his engagement and came quickly.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 3
Also pronounced
- /ˈmeɖ(ɪ)jɑ/
- /ˈmɛ.di.ə/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsOne of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus.
The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
More examples
In contextI had otitis media last year.
As a result of the rise of, first, television news and entertainment media and, second, web-based media, traditional print-based media has declined in popularity.
Fighter pilots are depicted as cool in popular media like Top Gun.
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Origin
noun
Learned borrowing from Latin media, the feminine nominative of medius (“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). In the sense of a unit of dry measure, via Spanish media. Doublet of medium, medio, and mediate.