mediumadjective
uk/ˈmiː.di.əm/us/ˈmiː.di.əm/medium adjective (MIDDLE)
B1 being in the middle between an upper and lower amount, size, degree, or value:
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- My hairdryer has three settings - high, medium and low.
- I take a medium size in clothes.
- He earns a medium amount of money.
- Cook the sauce over a medium heat.
- Chop one medium carrot.
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Medium-sized
- average
- M, m
- middle
- midsize
- moderate
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medium adjective (MEAT)
(of meat) cooked so that it is no longer red in the middle:
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Preparing food using heat
- bake
- barbecue
- baste
- batch-bake
- boil sth up
- boiled
- curry
- flambé
- flash-fry
- fried
- frizzled
- fry
- lightly
- microwave
- precook
- preheat
- render sth down
- rendering
- sauté
- shallow-fry
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mediumnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmiː.di.əm/us/ˈmiː.di.əm/medium noun [ C ] (METHOD)
C2 plural media mediums a method or way of expressing something:
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Media in general
- media
- media event
- organ
- press
- profile
- publish
- the Fourth Estate
- the mass media
- vehicle
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medium noun [ C ] (PERSON)
plural mediums a person who says that they can receive messages from people who are dead
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People who perform magic or have paranormal abilities
- alchemy
- clairvoyant
- conjurer
- coven
- enchantress
- illusionist
- mage
- magician
- mind reader
- palmist
- psychic
- shaman
- soothsayer
- sorcerer
- sorceress
- spiritual healing
- visionary
- warlock
- witch doctor
- wizard
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medium noun [ C ] (SUBSTANCE)
a substance that something grows in, lives in, or moves through:
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Mixing and mixtures
- be neither one thing nor the other idiom
- blend
- blend in/blend into sth
- brew
- cocktail
- concoction
- cross-fertilization
- decoction
- emulsion
- impure
- mashup
- meld
- mingle
- mixture
- neither
- preparation
- roll
- rolled into one idiom
- substance
- synthesis
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