medium
me‧di‧um1 S3 AC /ˈmiːdiəm/ 
adjective
1. of middle size, level, or amount:
What size shirt does he wear – small, medium or large?
(of) medium height/length/build
She’s of medium height.
hair of medium length
Fry the onions over a medium heat until they are golden.
medium to large companies
► Use average, not ‘medium’, when you want to say that someone’s level of skill or ability is neither high nor low: students of average ability (NOT students of medium ability)
2. (also medium rare) meat that is medium or medium rare is partly cooked but still slightly pink inside ⇨ rare, well-done
3. medium dry medium dry wine is slightly sweeter than dry wine
4. medium brown/blue etc a colour which is neither light nor dark:
His jacket’s a medium brown colour.
medium2 AC noun (plural media /-diə/ or mediums) [countable]
1. a way of communicating information and news to people, such as newspapers, television etc ⇨ media:
Advertising is a powerful medium.
2. a way of expressing your ideas, especially as a writer or an artist
medium for
the novel as a medium for satire
the visual media (=painting and films)
3. medium of instruction a language that is used for teaching:
English is still the main medium of instruction in Nigeria.
4. medium of exchange money or other ways of paying for things
5. technical a substance or material in which things grow or exist:
a good growing medium for tomatoes
6. technical a substance through which a force travels
⇨ magnetic media, ⇨ a happy medium at happy(8)
medium3 noun (plural mediums) [countable]
someone who claims to have the power to receive messages from dead people
| I |
adjective1. of middle size, level, or amount:
(of) medium height/length/build
► Use average, not ‘medium’, when you want to say that someone’s level of skill or ability is neither high nor low: students of average ability (NOT students of medium ability)
2. (also medium rare) meat that is medium or medium rare is partly cooked but still slightly pink inside ⇨ rare, well-done
3. medium dry medium dry wine is slightly sweeter than dry wine
4. medium brown/blue etc a colour which is neither light nor dark:
| II |
noun (plural media /-diə/ or mediums) [countable]1. a way of communicating information and news to people, such as newspapers, television etc ⇨ media:
2. a way of expressing your ideas, especially as a writer or an artist
medium for
3. medium of instruction a language that is used for teaching:
4. medium of exchange money or other ways of paying for things
5. technical a substance or material in which things grow or exist:
6. technical a substance through which a force travels
⇨ magnetic media, ⇨ a happy medium at happy(8)
| III |
noun (plural mediums) [countable]someone who claims to have the power to receive messages from dead people