Medium | Mean of medium in English Dictionary

/ˈmiːdijəm/

• Noun
• something that is sold in a medium size
1. I take a medium.
2. These shirts are all mediums and I take a large.
3. Make my French fries a medium.
• a particular form or system of communication (such as newspapers, radio, or television)
1. an effective advertising medium = an effective medium for advertising
• the materials or methods used by an artist
1. Her preferred medium is sculpture.
2. The artist works in two media/mediums, pencil and watercolor.

• the thing by which or through which something is done
1. Money is a medium [=means] of exchange.
2. English is an important medium of international communication.
• a person who claims to be able to communicate with the spirits of dead people
1. She visited a medium to try to talk to her dead son.
• a surrounding condition or environment
1. Ocean fish live in a medium of salt water.
• a good choice or condition that avoids any extremes
1. They are looking for a happy medium: a house that is not too big but that has lots of storage space.
2. The car's designers have found/struck a happy medium between affordability and luxury.
• in the middle of a range of possible sizes, amounts, etc.
1. These T-shirts are available in three sizes: small, medium, and large.
2. a person of medium build/height/weight
3. a medium blue [=a blue that is neither very light nor very dark]
• cooked to a point that is between rare and well-done
1. How would you like your steak, sir: rare, medium, or well-done?