medium
- noun
- /ˈmiːdiəm/
- He tried to find a happy medium between saving money and enjoying life.
- a happy medium
Obviously there's the lowest medium high.
- Obviously there's the lowest medium high.
- Then there is family, which means medium.
Examples
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In performances honoring ancestors, exquisite cloth is the major medium for the masker's transformation.
Academic text (1995) -
Maybe we can find a happy medium?
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So we're in the stage between a store of value and a medium exchange today.
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I will strike a happy medium and tell it like it happened.
Fiction book (2002) -
You have representation in every aspect of industry: low, medium, and high value added.
Academic text (1993) -
The best way to think about it is in terms of short term, medium term, and long term plasticity.
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So that's the sort of where we're headed in the medium term in the next couple of lectures.
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However, there is such a thing as a happy medium, and those students who prefer a quieter space were left frustrated.
Academic text (2014) -
The best e-books make good use of the medium while still encouraging good literacy practices.
Academic text (2014) -
Furthermore, temporary staff obviously cannot contribute to the institution's medium- and long-term objectives.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
A state of being not extreme in amount, behavior, or opinion
To be in the middle and not at either extreme
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 Central
Surface Forms
Etymology
Medium comes from the Latin medius, meaning 'middle', the same root as median and mediate. So a medium in this sense is a middle or moderate position between two extremes.