Media Definition
mēdē-ə
mediae, medium
noun
Webster's New World
The middle coat of the wall of a blood or lymph vessel.
Webster's New World
A voiced stop.
Webster's New World
(often used as uncountable, though such use is proscribed) Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
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.
Wiktionary
(usually with a definite article; often used as uncountable, though such use is proscribed) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- agencies
- agents
- instruments
- instrumentalities
- means
- intermediaries
- organs
- instrumentations
- mechanisms
- averages
- medians
- pars
- norms
- manifestations
- statements
Antonyms:
idiom
the media
- all the means of communication, as newspapers, radio, and TV, that provide the public with news, entertainment, etc., usually along with advertising
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Other Word Forms of Media
Noun
Singular:
media
Plural:
mediae, mediasIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Media
- the media
Origin of Media
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Late Latin from Latin feminine of Latin medius middle medium
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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