medium
- adjective
- /ˈmiːdiəm/
- I'll start with a half shell of crab, then I'll order the mallard, medium rare.
Examples
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How do you like your bad guy, medium or well done?
Fiction book (1997) -
This one is medium well.
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Can we have a hot dog, please, medium rare, and a cup of joe?
Fiction book (1992) -
I'll have mine medium rare, please.
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WAITER 1: I need a steak, medium rare.
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That's pretty medium, maybe a little medium well, but it's that's OK.
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"How did you know I like my burgers pink-medium rare, but definitely not bloody?"
Fiction book (1993) -
- Medium-rare, okay?
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Cook it medium-rare.
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I ordered my steak medium, so it would be pink in the center but not raw.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
The gas and dust that fill the space between stars in a galaxy
- Specialized
A thing that stores digital information by changing tiny areas on its surface, like a hard drive
- Specialized
A radio band used for AM broadcasts with long waves that travel far at night
- Specialized
A garden plant that usually lives two years with bell-shaped blue, violet, or white flowers, also called Canterbury bell
- Archaic
A way of communicating that gives little detail and asks the audience to imagine the rest
- Specialized
A liquid or dye used in medical scans to show parts inside the body, for example blood vessels
- Formal
A medium that gives little detail so people must fill in parts, like television or cartoons
- Specialized
A device or material that keeps information so you can use it later
- Specialized
A liquid or gas that holds tiny particles, like air with smoke and water with milk particles
- Specialized
A device that stores information using tiny magnetic areas like a hard drive or tape
- Specialized
A type of steel that is not very soft or very hard used when strength and flexibility are needed
- Specialized
A way of sending detailed information that needs little effort from people who receive it, like radio or film
- Specialized
Gas, dust, and particles that fill the space between the planets
How Cooked
Surface Forms
Etymology
Medium comes from the Latin medius, meaning 'middle', the same root you see in mediate and median. So when you ask for a steak medium, you are asking for it cooked in the 'middle' between rare and well done, with a little pink inside.