social media

noun

plural in form but singular or plural in construction

: forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos)

Examples of social media in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The case attracted national attention in part because of a flood of social media posts that amplified the killing in racial terms. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

But their recent social media fame has also brought claims about what eating them can do for your skin. — Olivia Laborde, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Videos posted on social media show sellers at Tehran and Karaj wholesale markets sitting beside their fresh produce, waiting to sell goods like melons, watermelons, pears, bananas and grapes, but with no-one arriving to buy it. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

The man charged in the case did not respond to AP queries sent via social media. — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for social media

• comedia
• commedia
• cyclopaedia
• cyclopedia
• hypermedia
• intermedia
• multimedia
• encyclopaedia
• encyclopedia

Kids Definition

social media

singular or plural noun

: forms of electronic communication (as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos)