medium

A way of passing information or messages to people or carrying out an activity.

• Radio is a powerful medium.
• The internet became her main medium for teaching.
• Money serves as a medium of exchange.

How to use it: medium for something (Radio is a useful medium for public announcements.); through the medium of something (They shared their experiences through the medium of film.)

Similar words: channel, means

Common phrases: advertising medium, medium of exchange, medium for something

A material or method an artist uses to make or express something.

• Clay is her favorite medium.
• He works in several different media.
• The artist chose photography as her medium.

Common phrases: chosen medium, artistic medium, medium of something

A substance, such as air or water, through which sound, light, or another thing travels.

• Sound needs a medium to travel through.
• Light slows down when it enters a different medium.
• Water acts as a medium for these waves.

Common phrases: through a medium, liquid medium, transparent medium

A person who claims to receive messages from people who have died.

• She visited a medium.
• The medium claimed to hear her grandfather.
• Do you believe mediums can speak to the dead?

Similar words: spirit medium

Common phrases: visit a medium, psychic medium, medium contacted someone

Between small and large, or between low and high.

• I need a medium shirt.
• Cook the eggs over medium heat.
• Would you like a small or medium drink?

Similar words: mid-sized, moderate

Common phrases: medium size, medium heat, medium height