medium
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1.3
- adjective
- /ˈmiːdiəm/
:
mediano
- Well, this is our medium-sized hangar.
- medium-sized
- small and medium
- medium to large
So his base case or medium case is bad.
- So his base case or medium case is bad.
- Those are short range and medium range missiles.
- This is in the shade medium dark.
- They have fair, light, medium and dark.
- Now you're going to mix this on a medium speed for two minutes.
- This is in the shade medium brown Isamaraca.
- So I've been loving just like a medium ponytail.
- I said, can I have a look, sort of medium fade And I go, yeah.
- All right, so first up, the medium ear tip on the right earbud.
Examples
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Alert levels in England are set at medium, high and very high.
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An app has been developed to help small and medium-sized businesses meet their health and safety requirements.
Academic text (2015) -
So this is medium and then we have fair.
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I have the shade medium and it's so good.
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I like to have dark colors, medium colors, and light colors.
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They had a big bowl, a medium bowl and a tiny little bowl.
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Medium height, brown hair, kindly, unemotional and not delicate.
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Medium size.
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Small enterprises are those with fewer than 50 employees, while medium-sized enterprises have fewer than 250.
Academic text (2011) -
The shirt is available in small, medium, and large sizes.
Synonyms
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1.0
Ordinary and not very good
415
3.3
Not very large or intense
51
3.6
In the middle between two skill levels, not beginner or advanced
31
2.4
Of a size between small and large
8
3.2
Medium in size between small and large
3
2.3
Of a size between small and large
3
3.4
Medium in size and not large or small
1
3.2
Larger than small but smaller than large
1
4.1
A person or thing that is between large and small in size
Of medium price and quality between budget and luxury
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.7
The gas and dust that fill the space between stars in a galaxy
- Specialized
1
5.3
A thing that stores digital information by changing tiny areas on its surface, like a hard drive
- Specialized
1
4.5
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 Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Medium comes from the Latin medius, meaning 'middle', the same root as median and mediate. So a medium size is simply the size 'in the middle' between small and large.