medium

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noun

1 means of expressing/communicating sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ advertising, broadcast, communication

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Radio is an important communication medium in many countries.

▪ mass

▪ digital, electronic, interactive, print, printed, visual, written

▪ recording, storage

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He believes tape will eventually be eliminated as a recording medium.

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An optical disk is just another kind of electronic storage medium.

PREPOSITION

▪ through the medium of

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The government communicates through the medium of television.

▪ medium for

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She used her novels as a medium for encouraging political debate.

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She experimented with the blog as a new medium for exploring issues.

PHRASES

▪ a medium of communication

▪ a medium of instruction (= a language used for teaching)

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English is the medium of instruction in many African countries.

2 material/form that an artist, etc. uses

ADJECTIVE

▪ artistic

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Oil paint is her preferred artistic medium.

▪ photographic

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The gallery has been committed to the photographic medium for 25 years.

▪ mixed media

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mixed-media artwork

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adj.

Medium is used with these nouns: ↑beef, ↑build, ↑coke, ↑fry, ↑heat, ↑height, ↑length, ↑pizza, ↑range, ↑setting, ↑shot, ↑size, ↑skillet, ↑steak, ↑wavelength