Definitions for media
ˈmi di ə; -diˌime·dia

GCIDE(3.51 / 10 votes)Rate this definition:

1. media(n. sing. & pl.)

   The public institutions that report the news, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television, collectively; the news media; as, the media were obsessed with Monica Lewinsky for months.

2. media(n. sing. & pl.)

   The latinic plural form of medium, sometimes used as a singular noun with the same meaning as medium; as, (Computers) place your installation media into the device which will read it; (Microbiology) the tuberculosis bacterium will only grow in a special media.

Wiktionary(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. media(Noun)

   The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.

2. media(Noun)

   A voiced stop consonant.

3. media(Noun)

   Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.

   As a result of the rise of, first, television news and entertainment media and, second, web-based media, traditional print-based media have declined in popularity.

4. media

   The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.

   Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombard them with questions.

5. Media(ProperNoun)

   a historical region in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes

6. Media(ProperNoun)

   territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Media(noun)

   pl. of Medium

2. Media(noun)

   one of the sonant mutes /, /, / (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, /, /, / (p, t, k), and the aspiratae (aspirates) /, /, / (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute

3. Media

   of Medium

Origin: [NL., fr. L. medius middle.]

Freebase(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Media

   Media are the storage and transmission channels or tools used to store and deliver information or data. It is often referred to as synonymous with mass media or news media, but may refer to a single medium used to communicate any data for any purpose.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Media

   See Medium.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Media

   a country on the SW. of the Caspian Sea, originally a province of the Assyrian empire, from which it revolted; was after 150 years of independence annexed to Persia by Cyrus, of which it had formed the NW. portion.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'media' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1266

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'media' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2228

Anagrams for media »

1. amide

2. maide

3. aimed

How to say media in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of media in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of media in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of media in a Sentence

1. Hobson:

   I'll alert the media.

2. Dinesh Gauba:

   It was a media frenzy.

3. Sonya Kennedy:

   It's all over social media.

4. Chief Executive Joe Kaeser:

   The media reports are correct.

5. Dave Brat:

   Then the media come after you.

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