Medium Definition

mēdē-əm
media, mediums
noun
media, mediums
Something intermediate.
Webster's New World
Something, such as an intermediate course of action, that occupies a position or represents a condition midway between extremes.
American Heritage Medicine
A middle state or degree; mean.
Webster's New World
An intervening thing through which a force acts or an effect is produced.
Copper is a good medium for conducting heat.
Webster's New World
An agency by which something is accomplished, conveyed, or transferred.
The train was the usual medium of transportation in those days.
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Antonyms:
adjective
In a middle position; intermediate in quality, amount, degree, size, etc.
Webster's New World
Between rare and well-done.
Webster's New World

Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.

Wiktionary
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Antonyms:
adverb
To a medium extent.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Medium

Noun

Singular:
medium
Plural:
media 2, mediums

Origin of Medium

  • Latin from neuter of medius middle medhyo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin medium, neuter of medius (“middle”). Compare middle.

    From Wiktionary

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