medium1 adjectivemedium2 nounmedium3 noun
mediumme‧di‧um1 /ˈmiːdiəm/ ●●● S3 AWL adjective 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- medium salsa
- two medium potatoes, peeled and sliced
- What size shirt does he wear -- medium or large?
- A big oblong for the managing director, six medium ones for the directors, a dozen small ones for the salesmen.
- At medium speed, beat in eggs, one at a time, beating for two minutes after each addition.
- Blend at lowest speed 30 seconds and then beat at medium speed 3 minutes.
- Even the economy beyond Leeds and Yorkshire pulled my parents and their friends and acquaintances, small to medium middle class.
- He was of medium height, and had regular, even features of the kind which are instantly forgettable.
- Reduce over medium heat to a light sauce consistency.
- Season steaks with pepper and place on grill over medium coals.
- The visitors recall medium pacer Martin Howie after completing a college course and Paul Johnson also returns.
WORD SETS
acre, nounacreage, nounavoirdupois, nounbaker's dozen, nounbalance, nounbarometer, nounbaseline, nounbasin, nounbaud rate, nounbearing, nounbecquerel, nounblack box, nounboiling point, nounbottle, nounbox, nouncalculator, nouncalibrate, verbcalibration, nouncc, centi-, prefixcentimetre, nouncircumference, nouncl, clock, verbcm, cu, cubic, adjectivecubit, nouncup, nouncupful, nouncwt, daylight saving time, noundeci-, prefixdecibel, noundecimalization, noundeflection, noundegree, noundensity, noundepth, noundimension, noundipstick, noundisplacement, noundoz., noundozen, numberelevation, nounfactor, nounfathom, nounfl oz, fluid ounce, nounfoot, nounft, g, gage, noungal, gallon, noungauge, noungauge, verbGB, Geiger counter, noungigabyte, noungill, noungirth, noungm, graduated, adjectivegraduation, noungrain, noungram, noungramme, noungrid, noungross, adjectivehandful, nounhectare, nounhertz, nounhigh, adjectivehundredweight, nounimpedance, nounimperial, adjectiveinch, nounindicator, nouninstrument, nounjoule, nounkarat, nounkg, kilo, nounkilo-, prefixkilogram, nounkilometre, nounkm, knot, nounl, latitude, nounlb, league, nounlength, nounlight year, nounliter, nounlitre, nounlow water mark, nounmax, nounmaximum, adjectivemean, adjectivemeasure, verbmeasure, nounmedian, nounmedium, adjectivemegaton, nounmelting point, nounmental age, nounmeter, nounmeter, verb-meter, suffixmetre, noun-metre, suffixmetric, adjectivemetrication, nounmetric ton, nounmg, MHz, microsecond, nounmile, nounmillennium, nounmilli-, prefixmillibar, nounmilligram, nounmillilitre, nounmillimetre, nounminus, adjectiveminute, nounml, mpg, mph, nano-, prefixnanosecond, nounnautical mile, nounounce, nounoverweight, adjectiveoz, pace, verbpart, nounpedometer, nounpint, nounplus, adjectivepoint, nounpound, nounpunnet, nounqt, quantify, verbquart, nounradioactive dating, nounradius, nounrain gauge, nounread, verbreading, nounrecord, verbreset, verbrev, nounrotation, nounrpm, rule, nounruler, nounscale, nounsea level, nounsea mile, nounseismograph, nounsensor, nounset square, nounsextant, nounsnowfall, nounsoundings, nounsq., subsonic, adjectivesundial, nountherm, nountimberline, nountog, nounton, nountonnage, nountonne, nountroy weight, noununit, nounvoltmeter, nounvolume, nounwatch, nounwatt, nounwattage, nounweighbridge, nounweight, nounwidth, nounwt., yard, nounyardage, nounyardstick, nounyd, zero, number
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
She’s of medium height. hair of medium length Fry the onions over a medium heat until they are golden. medium to large companiesCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The campaign was launched with a nationwide publicity blitz. The trial has turned into a media circus. I always tried to strike a happy medium between having a home that looked like a bomb had hit it and becoming obsessively tidy. Despite the media hype, I found the film very disappointing. If you believe the fashion pundits, we’ll all be wearing pink this year. a multi-millionaire property tycoonCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
She’s of medium height. hair of medium length Fry the onions over a medium heat until they are golden. medium to large companies The campaign was launched with a nationwide publicity blitz.· He was of medium build and wearing a light-coloured jacket.
· They offer services to small and medium-sized businesses.
· The government spent thousands of pounds on a media campaign.
The trial has turned into a media circus. (=a way of exchanging information, especially through television, art, music etc)· Photography is a very popular medium of communication.
(=on television, in newspapers etc)· The case has received wide press coverage.
(=quite hot)· She ordered a medium curry.
· His business empire is now worth over $20 billion.
· The law will not effect medium-sized firms with less than 100 employees.
· He had shoulder-length reddish hair.
I always tried to strike a happy medium between having a home that looked like a bomb had hit it and becoming obsessively tidy. Despite the media hype, I found the film very disappointing.· All the girls had short or medium length hair.
If you believe the fashion pundits, we’ll all be wearing pink this year. (=by newspapers, TV etc)· How does he cope with the intense media scrutiny?
· She appealed for an end to press speculation about her marriage.
a multi-millionaire property tycoon· He was about thirty-five and of medium build but beginning to fill out.· He is of slim to medium build and was wearing a dark ski mask.· The robber's described as a white male, in his early to mid twenties and of medium build.· Police are looking for a man who's five feet eleven inches tall and of medium build.
· Shred one medium carrot into ribbon strips with a potato peeler, repeat with one medium courgette.
· Stir carefully to mix together, then cook for 3 minutes over a medium heat. 4.· In the same pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat.· Cook the dumplings over a medium heat until they are lightly browned underneath.· In a large frying pan, melt the butter or margarine over medium heat.· Melt the butter in a heavy pan over a medium heat.· Melt the butter in the same pot over medium heat.· Melt butter over medium heat in small skillet.· Just cook over medium heat, 2 minutes per side.
· He was of medium height and was wearing a baggy and very creased cotton suit the colour of oatmeal.· The majority were of medium height, about a hundred and sixty pounds, clean-shaven and capable-looking.· In general this is a well designed and well made sweater with a stud fastened neck closure and medium height collar.· Crazy Horse was a slim man of medium height with brown hair hanging below his waist and a scar above his lip.· She was a dark-haired woman of medium height with a faintly Asiatic cast to her brow and complexion.· Of medium height, fair-haired, his gray eyes magnified by glasses with steel-blue frames.· One was white, of medium height with fair or ginger hair cut short on one side and longer on the other.· He was of medium height, and had regular, even features of the kind which are instantly forgettable.
· The former is bristly, of medium length, coarse, dense and lying close.· The human eye and brain are much happier reading short to medium length unjustified lines although books are conventionally justified.· Root Perms For body and lift on short to medium length hair, go for a root perm.· The horns, thicker than the Kerry's, are of medium length, curving forwards and upwards.· When the weaving yarn is medium thickness, you want short to medium length floats.· It is within reach of the stage's edge and seems to be of medium length, not an elongated canne.· Coat Outer coat is straight, coarse, dense, of medium length and lying flat.
· Slice and fry 4 medium onions until soft.· If you prefer a stronger flavour of onion, grate half a medium onion into the cottage cheese or fromage frais.
· In addition he was an excellent medium pace round-arm bowler.· I found myself opening the batting and going on as change bowler with my medium pace.· He even played his part as a support bowler, whose right-arm leg-breaks or medium pace could be quite economical.
· In a medium saucepan over a low heat, heat cream to just lukewarm.· Cut into 1-inch cubes, and place in heavy medium saucepan.· Combine quinces, water and sugar in medium saucepan and bring to simmer over medium-low heat.· Pour cream into heavy medium saucepan.· Place juice in a medium saucepan and heat over medium just until the sugar dissolves.· Bring water and 1 1 / 2 teaspoons salt to rolling boil in medium saucepan.· In medium saucepan, combine remaining ingredients and bring to boil over high heat.
· Many large and medium size companies, government departments and Local authorities are putting Dataease to use somewhere within their organisations.· It's of medium size with accommodation for just over 200 people.· The Directors' Workshop - a three-day business review workshop for directors of medium size companies run in conjunction with the Institute of Directors.· There are people who consider this arrangement as being the most perfect construction yet devised for ships of medium size.· The Centre for Business Enterprise A centre for the study of high growth medium size companies.· We used large rollers on the top of the head and switched to the medium size at the back.· Eyes Eyes are of medium size, almond-shaped with well fitting lids, moderately deep set, neither protruding nor receding.· There are medium size consultancies, many of which specialise in consumer, industrial or financial clients.
· In smoothly flowing medium speed winds, plumes from power stations can travel in a concentrated stream for hundreds of miles.· Blend at lowest speed 30 seconds and then beat at medium speed 3 minutes.· At medium speed, beat in eggs, one at a time, beating for two minutes after each addition.· With an electric mixer, beat at low speed until moistened and then at medium speed for 3 minutes.· Beat on medium speed for 5 minutes.· Beat well at medium speed of the electric mixer.· Beat 2 minutes at medium speed.
· With demand for short and medium term paper picking up, most issues registered gains of up to £3/4.· Many traders and economists still believe the dollar is likely to head higher in the medium term.· In the medium term prove to be more cost-effective.· Politically, however, this is the least likely in the near to medium term.· The market believes strong growth prospects are limited in the medium term and the stock fell 11p to 456p.· It hopes to build its membership up to between 100 and 300 companies in the medium term.· For these discussions to take place in an effective manner accurate forecasts are needed over the medium term.· For the medium term, telecommunications is the key.
· You can receive Network 5 all over Ireland at around 700 and 900 on the medium wave.· That's why you can no longer get Radio 2 or Radio 3 on medium wave.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the glare of publicity/the media/public scrutiny etc► a happy medium (between something and something)► the mass media► large-sized/medium-sized/pocket-size etc► in the long/short/medium term
1of middle size, level, or amount: - A delightful, appley, medium dry style.
- Beyond Volkswagens and medium blue cars or big black cars, Carla could not tell one car from the other.
- It came in two colours, medium brown or medium grey; it shone with a slightly oily sheen.
- She was slim, five feet four inches tall, and had medium brown skin.
- The movie moguls were taking it up.
- Under normal circumstances Chaplin may well have simply thrown the eminent movie mogul a mere passing glance of recognition.
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 inside3medium dry medium dry wine is slightly sweeter than dry wine4medium brown/blue etc a colour which is neither light nor dark: His jacket’s a medium brown colour.medium1 adjectivemedium2 nounmedium3 noun
mediummedium2 ●○○ AWL noun (plural media /-diə/ or mediums) [countable] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- DVDs have quickly become an extremely popular medium for film viewing.
- Add the sugar and increase the speed to medium for five minutes.
- But whatever the subject, the mood was predominantly one of escape and the medium one of romance.
- Cultivation: Undemanding as to the planting medium it will grow well in unwashed sand.
- Either answer is partially correct, as the method of absorption varies with different concentrations of nutrients in the medium.
- Poetry is the best medium for this sort of thing, he says.
- The transfer medium is magnetic tape.
- These models were the medium they used to communicate.
- Watercolour is taken to include gouache and bottle artists' colour as well as the traditional transparent medium.
WORD SETS
aesthete, nounagitprop, nounart gallery, nounartist, nounartwork, nounavant-garde, adjectivebaroque, adjectivecapture, verbceramics, nouncharacter, nounclassical, adjectiveclassicism, nouncompere, nouncontemporary, adjectiveconvention, nouncreative, adjectivecritical, adjectivecrossover, nouncubism, nouncultural, adjectiveculturally, adverbculture, nouncurator, nouncycle, noundrama, nouneisteddfod, nounepic, nouneponymous, adjectiveerotic, adjectiveerotica, nouneroticism, nounexhibit, verbexhibit, nounexhibition, nounexpress, verbexpression, nounexpressionism, nounextract, nounfictionalize, verbfigurine, nounfin de siècle, adjectiveflashback, nounformalism, nounfuturism, nounglaze, verbglaze, nounGothic, adjectivehandcrafted, adjectivehandicraft, nounhandmade, adjectivehigh priest, nounhistorical, adjectiveinterpretation, nounItalianate, adjectivelowbrow, adjectivemagnum opus, nounmarquetry, nounmasterpiece, nounmasterwork, nounmature, adjectivemedium, nounMFA, nounmiddlebrow, adjectiveminimalism, nounmotif, nounmuse, nounnarrator, nounnaturalism, nounneoclassical, adjectivenotice, nounoeuvre, nounoffering, nounopening, adjectiveopus, nounpan, verbparody, nounpastiche, nounpattern, nounpiece, nounpop art, nounportfolio, nounpostmodernism, nounprequel, nounpreview, nounproduce, verbproduction, nounrealism, nounrealistic, adjectiverehash, verbreview, nounreview, verbromantic, nounromanticism, nounroyalty, nounrubbish, nounsalon, nounscenario, nounscene, nounsensuous, adjectivesentimental, adjectivesequel, nounsequence, nounset piece, nounsetting, nounShakespearean, adjectiveshowing, nounskit, nounstory, nounstudio, nounstylistic, adjectivesurrealism, nounswansong, nounsynopsis, nountitle, nountrilogy, nountwo-dimensional, adjectiveuncut, adjectiveunexpurgated, adjectivevillain, nounwork, nounwork of art, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a good growing medium for tomatoesCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The campaign was launched with a nationwide publicity blitz. The trial has turned into a media circus. I always tried to strike a happy medium between having a home that looked like a bomb had hit it and becoming obsessively tidy. Despite the media hype, I found the film very disappointing. If you believe the fashion pundits, we’ll all be wearing pink this year. a multi-millionaire property tycoonCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a good growing medium for tomatoes The campaign was launched with a nationwide publicity blitz.· He was of medium build and wearing a light-coloured jacket.
· They offer services to small and medium-sized businesses.
· The government spent thousands of pounds on a media campaign.
The trial has turned into a media circus. (=a way of exchanging information, especially through television, art, music etc)· Photography is a very popular medium of communication.
(=on television, in newspapers etc)· The case has received wide press coverage.
(=quite hot)· She ordered a medium curry.
· His business empire is now worth over $20 billion.
· The law will not effect medium-sized firms with less than 100 employees.
· He had shoulder-length reddish hair.
I always tried to strike a happy medium between having a home that looked like a bomb had hit it and becoming obsessively tidy. Despite the media hype, I found the film very disappointing.· All the girls had short or medium length hair.
If you believe the fashion pundits, we’ll all be wearing pink this year. (=by newspapers, TV etc)· How does he cope with the intense media scrutiny?
· She appealed for an end to press speculation about her marriage.
a multi-millionaire property tycoon· However, when a good medium is provided it will thrive vigorously and produce numerous shoots on runners.· Instead we prepare a much better medium which has many of the advantages of the natural environment without its disadvantages.· Plasticine is a good medium for supporting all sizes of specimen as it is easily moulded and re-used.· It is a good spawning medium, but it is necessary to inhibit its growth, which can be abundant.· Qualities of speech Speech is immediate and flexible Speech is the best medium of communication in many situations.· Stainless steel made good medium of exchange on a planet where all metal had to be imported.· Poetry is the best medium for this sort of thing, he says.· Both these forms of support suggest that video is a good medium for extended listening to the foreign language.
· Cultivation: Very indifferent as to its growing medium, it will even grow in fine gravel or unwashed sand.· Ensure the crown just protrudes above the growing medium.· Cultivation: This plant is not very demanding as to its growing medium, and therefore can even be grown in gravel.· Cultivation: The ideal growing medium for this species would contain substantial quantities of organic detritus and mud or clay.· Cultivation: Ideally the growing medium should consist of some amount of clay.· A growing medium could also be placed around the roots.· Cultivation: An extremely undemanding plant as to its growing medium, and will grow almost in any substratum.
· Unfortunately, Elena knew no happy medium: her approach to her better-qualified colleagues was parasitical.· He told friends he always believed in striking a happy medium.· Eriksson's task is to find the happy and workable medium between hope and reality.· Austen believes in love and marriage - the happy medium.
· Cultivation: The ideal growing medium for this species would contain substantial quantities of organic detritus and mud or clay.· And such conditions, as noted previously, are an ideal medium for the cultivation of skewed or corrosive organizational beliefs.· Gouache is an ideal medium for building these forms as the light changes and catches each leaf.· The versatility of gouache makes it an ideal medium for working in the rugged New Zealand landscape.
· Might advertising be regarded as a mass medium on similar grounds?· Here, his old taste for face-to-face encounters was complemented by his mastery of the new mass medium of television.· The Manchester Guardian was a mass medium in Manchester from its foundation in 1821.· Or is film, not cinema, the mass medium?· The same product, the Sun, can thus be described in several different ways as a mass medium.· Radio had only recently developed into a mass medium for news and entertainment.
· Video is a relatively new medium for in-house communications and is used by some companies to great effect.· For one thing, creating original content in a new medium is hard.· The film companies, however, were pledged to fight the new medium to the last ditch.· Many reasons have been advanced to justify government regulation each time a new medium has come along.· It is always a good idea to look at all possible sources of software for a new medium.· The fast-rising new medium of television seemed to be the center of the universe.· Here, his old taste for face-to-face encounters was complemented by his mastery of the new mass medium of television.· Far better to spend some money exploring this new medium than to ignore the biggest competitive threat since television.
· If a particular medium is wanted, the agency has to listen.· The context of the particular medium, and the atmosphere it can create, can affect responses to the advertising.
· He was in command of the most powerful medium ever to affect the thinking and behaviour of people - television.· But even notoriously conservative newspaper publishers recognize that the Web is a radical and powerful publishing medium.· It is the most powerful medium for mass communication so far devised.
· Nothing huge, small to medium.
· Is Siporax a suitable replacement medium?· About eight teaspoonsful of marine salts dissolved in a gallon of fresh water will afford a suitable hatching medium.· Cultures are established by placing a few cells on to a suitable medium and then allowing them to multiply.· At the same time they serve as a suitable spawning medium for many species of aquarium fish.· For a decade, fertile hen's eggs provided the most suitable medium.· Photomontage was an immensely suitable medium for the provocative imagery of Dada.· It may also prove necessary to confound the belief that the local community and environment can not provide a suitable learning medium.· Tape-slide presentations appear to be a suitable medium for conveying the type of information used in library education.
NOUN· Also, this technique requires the use of a contrast medium, in this case, tap water.
· Hepatoma cells in culture secrete PLA2 into the culture medium when stimulated by interleukin 6.· The resulting crude cell suspension is purified using a Ficoll-Hypaque gradient and resuspended in culture medium.
· We can see, then, how computers help to develop and extend information, as well as merely acting as the storage medium.· The main storage medium inside willow seeds, ants and all other living cells is not electronic but chemical.· The basic requirement for an advanced information technology is some kind of storage medium with a large number of memory locations.
VERB· Suppose, now, that galactosides are added to the medium.· Also, these drugs can be added to the medium of in vitro neural preparations.
· Photography was fast becoming a medium in which working-class people could present themselves to each other.
· But the growing medium of television broadcast something new to worry about in the 1950s.
· For a decade, fertile hen's eggs provided the most suitable medium.· The gluten should be providing a stretchable medium in which the dough can sustain its rise and hold its dome.· It may also prove necessary to confound the belief that the local community and environment can not provide a suitable learning medium.· Cultivation: A layer of peat and gravel, or leaf-mould and coarse sand or loam should provide a good medium.· Electronic technology provides a single medium with the power to integrate diverse types of information.
· For example, water is known to react violently with metallic sodium, another reducing medium utilized commercially.· Turn fillets over, reduce heat to medium, and cook several minutes more until skin side is browned.
· Contrast this with efforts to use a linear medium such as videotape interactively.· Once in a great while, a show is produced that uses the medium to full and proper advantage.· I have just started using the medium of watercolour, struggling along and producing paintings of a particular subject.· Richter is not a conventional painter: he is an artist who happens to use paint as a medium.· Money balances held for these two purposes are called active balances: money to be used as a medium of exchange.· Cards are used as the medium which translates the pattern into a mechanical function on the Jacquard loom.· This chapter examines a selection, using graphics as a medium.· These activities are lively and innovatory and use the medium of translation to develop both written and oral skills.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► medium of instructionPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the glare of publicity/the media/public scrutiny etc► a happy medium (between something and something)► the mass media► large-sized/medium-sized/pocket-size etc► in the long/short/medium term
1a way of communicating information and news to people, such as newspapers, television etc: - As a medium of exchange it no longer works, and that's that.
- Like the black woman in a slave narrative, the Chicana remains here an abiding if sometimes invisible medium of exchange.
- Monetarists stress the function of money as a medium of exchange and play down its role as a store of wealth.
- Money balances held for these two purposes are called active balances: money to be used as a medium of exchange.
- Stainless steel made good medium of exchange on a planet where all metal had to be imported.
- Such a commodity, once acceptable, performed the role of a medium of exchange and could be regarded as money.
- They are not therefore directly related to people's requirements to hold a medium of exchange.
- Trusted paper became both a collateral for short-term credit and an immensely important medium of exchange.
- The movie moguls were taking it up.
- Under normal circumstances Chaplin may well have simply thrown the eminent movie mogul a mere passing glance of recognition.
Advertising is a powerful medium.2a way of expressing your ideas, especially as a writer or an artistmedium for the novel as a medium for satire the visual media (=painting and films)3medium of instruction a language that is used for teaching: English is still the main medium of instruction in Nigeria.4medium of exchange money or other ways of paying for things5technical a substance or material in which things grow or exist: a good growing medium for tomatoes6technical a substance through which a force travels → magnetic media, → a happy medium at happy(8)medium1 adjectivemedium2 nounmedium3 noun
mediummedium3 noun (plural mediums) [countable] EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- But whatever the subject, the mood was predominantly one of escape and the medium one of romance.
- Either answer is partially correct, as the method of absorption varies with different concentrations of nutrients in the medium.
- Poetry is the best medium for this sort of thing, he says.
- The transfer medium is magnetic tape.
- These models were the medium they used to communicate.
- Watercolour is taken to include gouache and bottle artists' colour as well as the traditional transparent medium.
WORD SETS
banshee, nouncoven, noundemon, noundemonic, adjectivedevil, nounESP, nounevil, adjectiveexorcism, nounexorcist, nounexorcize, verbextra-sensory perception, nounfiend, nounfortune-teller, nounmedium, nounmind reader, nounnecromancy, nounpalmist, nounpalmistry, nounpalm reader, nounparanormal, adjectiveparapsychology, nounpossessed, adjectiveprophecy, nounprophesy, verbpsychic, adjectivepsychic, nounpsychokinesis, nounseance, nounsoothsayer, nounspirit, nounSvengali, nountarot, nountelepathic, adjectivetelepathy, nounwitch, nounwizard, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The campaign was launched with a nationwide publicity blitz. The trial has turned into a media circus. I always tried to strike a happy medium between having a home that looked like a bomb had hit it and becoming obsessively tidy. Despite the media hype, I found the film very disappointing. If you believe the fashion pundits, we’ll all be wearing pink this year. a multi-millionaire property tycoonCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
The campaign was launched with a nationwide publicity blitz.· He was of medium build and wearing a light-coloured jacket.
· They offer services to small and medium-sized businesses.
· The government spent thousands of pounds on a media campaign.
The trial has turned into a media circus. (=a way of exchanging information, especially through television, art, music etc)· Photography is a very popular medium of communication.
(=on television, in newspapers etc)· The case has received wide press coverage.
(=quite hot)· She ordered a medium curry.
· His business empire is now worth over $20 billion.
· The law will not effect medium-sized firms with less than 100 employees.
· He had shoulder-length reddish hair.
I always tried to strike a happy medium between having a home that looked like a bomb had hit it and becoming obsessively tidy. Despite the media hype, I found the film very disappointing.· All the girls had short or medium length hair.
If you believe the fashion pundits, we’ll all be wearing pink this year. (=by newspapers, TV etc)· How does he cope with the intense media scrutiny?
· She appealed for an end to press speculation about her marriage.
a multi-millionaire property tycoon· However, when a good medium is provided it will thrive vigorously and produce numerous shoots on runners.· Instead we prepare a much better medium which has many of the advantages of the natural environment without its disadvantages.· Plasticine is a good medium for supporting all sizes of specimen as it is easily moulded and re-used.· It is a good spawning medium, but it is necessary to inhibit its growth, which can be abundant.· Qualities of speech Speech is immediate and flexible Speech is the best medium of communication in many situations.· Stainless steel made good medium of exchange on a planet where all metal had to be imported.· Poetry is the best medium for this sort of thing, he says.· Both these forms of support suggest that video is a good medium for extended listening to the foreign language.
· Cultivation: Very indifferent as to its growing medium, it will even grow in fine gravel or unwashed sand.· Ensure the crown just protrudes above the growing medium.· Cultivation: This plant is not very demanding as to its growing medium, and therefore can even be grown in gravel.· Cultivation: The ideal growing medium for this species would contain substantial quantities of organic detritus and mud or clay.· Cultivation: Ideally the growing medium should consist of some amount of clay.· A growing medium could also be placed around the roots.· Cultivation: An extremely undemanding plant as to its growing medium, and will grow almost in any substratum.
· Unfortunately, Elena knew no happy medium: her approach to her better-qualified colleagues was parasitical.· He told friends he always believed in striking a happy medium.· Eriksson's task is to find the happy and workable medium between hope and reality.· Austen believes in love and marriage - the happy medium.
· Cultivation: The ideal growing medium for this species would contain substantial quantities of organic detritus and mud or clay.· And such conditions, as noted previously, are an ideal medium for the cultivation of skewed or corrosive organizational beliefs.· Gouache is an ideal medium for building these forms as the light changes and catches each leaf.· The versatility of gouache makes it an ideal medium for working in the rugged New Zealand landscape.
· Might advertising be regarded as a mass medium on similar grounds?· Here, his old taste for face-to-face encounters was complemented by his mastery of the new mass medium of television.· The Manchester Guardian was a mass medium in Manchester from its foundation in 1821.· Or is film, not cinema, the mass medium?· The same product, the Sun, can thus be described in several different ways as a mass medium.· Radio had only recently developed into a mass medium for news and entertainment.
· Video is a relatively new medium for in-house communications and is used by some companies to great effect.· For one thing, creating original content in a new medium is hard.· The film companies, however, were pledged to fight the new medium to the last ditch.· Many reasons have been advanced to justify government regulation each time a new medium has come along.· It is always a good idea to look at all possible sources of software for a new medium.· The fast-rising new medium of television seemed to be the center of the universe.· Here, his old taste for face-to-face encounters was complemented by his mastery of the new mass medium of television.· Far better to spend some money exploring this new medium than to ignore the biggest competitive threat since television.
· If a particular medium is wanted, the agency has to listen.· The context of the particular medium, and the atmosphere it can create, can affect responses to the advertising.
· He was in command of the most powerful medium ever to affect the thinking and behaviour of people - television.· But even notoriously conservative newspaper publishers recognize that the Web is a radical and powerful publishing medium.· It is the most powerful medium for mass communication so far devised.
· Nothing huge, small to medium.
· Is Siporax a suitable replacement medium?· About eight teaspoonsful of marine salts dissolved in a gallon of fresh water will afford a suitable hatching medium.· Cultures are established by placing a few cells on to a suitable medium and then allowing them to multiply.· At the same time they serve as a suitable spawning medium for many species of aquarium fish.· For a decade, fertile hen's eggs provided the most suitable medium.· Photomontage was an immensely suitable medium for the provocative imagery of Dada.· It may also prove necessary to confound the belief that the local community and environment can not provide a suitable learning medium.· Tape-slide presentations appear to be a suitable medium for conveying the type of information used in library education.
NOUN· Also, this technique requires the use of a contrast medium, in this case, tap water.
· Hepatoma cells in culture secrete PLA2 into the culture medium when stimulated by interleukin 6.· The resulting crude cell suspension is purified using a Ficoll-Hypaque gradient and resuspended in culture medium.
· We can see, then, how computers help to develop and extend information, as well as merely acting as the storage medium.· The main storage medium inside willow seeds, ants and all other living cells is not electronic but chemical.· The basic requirement for an advanced information technology is some kind of storage medium with a large number of memory locations.
VERB· Suppose, now, that galactosides are added to the medium.· Also, these drugs can be added to the medium of in vitro neural preparations.
· Photography was fast becoming a medium in which working-class people could present themselves to each other.
· But the growing medium of television broadcast something new to worry about in the 1950s.
· For a decade, fertile hen's eggs provided the most suitable medium.· The gluten should be providing a stretchable medium in which the dough can sustain its rise and hold its dome.· It may also prove necessary to confound the belief that the local community and environment can not provide a suitable learning medium.· Cultivation: A layer of peat and gravel, or leaf-mould and coarse sand or loam should provide a good medium.· Electronic technology provides a single medium with the power to integrate diverse types of information.
· For example, water is known to react violently with metallic sodium, another reducing medium utilized commercially.· Turn fillets over, reduce heat to medium, and cook several minutes more until skin side is browned.
· Contrast this with efforts to use a linear medium such as videotape interactively.· Once in a great while, a show is produced that uses the medium to full and proper advantage.· I have just started using the medium of watercolour, struggling along and producing paintings of a particular subject.· Richter is not a conventional painter: he is an artist who happens to use paint as a medium.· Money balances held for these two purposes are called active balances: money to be used as a medium of exchange.· Cards are used as the medium which translates the pattern into a mechanical function on the Jacquard loom.· This chapter examines a selection, using graphics as a medium.· These activities are lively and innovatory and use the medium of translation to develop both written and oral skills.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the glare of publicity/the media/public scrutiny etc► a happy medium (between something and something)► the mass media► large-sized/medium-sized/pocket-size etc► in the long/short/medium term
someone who claims to have the power to receive messages from dead people- The movie moguls were taking it up.
- Under normal circumstances Chaplin may well have simply thrown the eminent movie mogul a mere passing glance of recognition.