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# medium

adjective (medium); noun (a medium, media or mediums)

«medium» in the English dictionary: everyday and Meaning — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Medium means in the middle in size, amount or level, not big and not small. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medium/#m1)
2. A medium is a way of communicating or showing something, such as television, paint or the internet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medium/#m2)
3. In science, a medium is a material that something travels through, like air for sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medium/#m3)
4. A medium is a person who claims to talk to the dead. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medium/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, clothes, drinks and pizzas come in small, medium and large sizes; steak can be cooked "medium". In art, the medium is the material used (paint, clay, pencil). In science, sound needs a medium such as air or water to travel; it cannot travel in empty space. Phrases: "medium-sized", "medium heat", "happy medium" (a good balance), "the media" (TV, newspapers).

### Examples

- I'd like a medium pizza, please. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medium/#x1)
- Cook the sauce on a medium heat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medium/#x2)
- He is of medium height. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medium/#x3)
- Sound travels through a medium such as air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medium/#x4)
- Her favourite art medium is watercolour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medium/#x5)
- The internet is a powerful medium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medium/#x6)
- We found a happy medium between work and play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medium/#x7)
- My T-shirt size is medium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medium/#x8)
- She is of medium height, and the form is perfect in its symmetry and faultless proportions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medium/#x9)

### Note

Plural: "media" for ways of communicating (the media) and in science; "mediums" for people who claim to contact spirits. "Medium" in sizes is often written M. Mediums cannot really talk to the dead; this has never been shown by fair tests.

## Meaning

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «medium» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medium/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«medium» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/medium.html) on Mova free.