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First Known Use of media
1841
Definition of media
plural medias
b
medias plural
: members of the mass media
Is media singular or plural?
The singular media and its plural medias seem to have originated in the field of advertising over 70 years ago; they are still so used without stigma in that specialized field. In most other applications media is used as a plural of medium. The popularity of the word in references to the agencies of mass communication is leading to the formation of a mass noun, construed as a singular.
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- there's no basis for it. You know, the news media gets on to something
- —Edwin Meese 3d
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- the media is less interested in the party's policies
- —James Lewis, Guardian Weekly
Origin and Etymology of media
plural of medium
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First Known Use: 1922
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearDefinition of Media
ancient country and province of the Persian Empire in the northwestern part of modern Iran
MEDIA Defined for Kids
Definition of media for Students
: the system and organizations of communication through which information is spread to a large number of people
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Media can be used as a singular or a plural in writing and speaking.
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