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Any means of public communication that reaches a large audience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
(usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: medium
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: transmission
Narrower terms: broadcast medium, broadcasting
From mass (“bulk”, noun) + medium (“agency of conveyance”, noun).
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
massemedie
— means of public communication that reaches a large audience
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Dutch:
massamedium
— means of public communication that reaches a large audience
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Esperanto:
amasinformilo
— means of public communication that reaches a large audience
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Esperanto:
amaskomunikilo
— means of public communication that reaches a large audience
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Finnish:
joukkotiedotusväline
— means of public communication that reaches a large audience
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Finnish:
joukkotiedotus
— means of public communication that reaches a large audience
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Georgian:
მასმედია
(masmedia)
— means of public communication that reaches a large audience
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German:
Massenmedium
— means of public communication that reaches a large audience
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Greek:
μέσο μαζικής ενημέρωσης
(méso mazikís enimérosis)
— means of public communication that reaches a large audience
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Norwegian Bokmål:
massemedium
— means of public communication that reaches a large audience
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
massemedium
— means of public communication that reaches a large audience
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Persian:
رسانه گروهی
(rasâne' ye goruhi)
— means of public communication that reaches a large audience
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Russian:
сре́дство массовой информации
(srédstvo massovoj informacii)
— means of public communication that reaches a large audience
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Swedish:
massmedium
— means of public communication that reaches a large audience
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Ukrainian:
за́сіб ма́сової інформа́ції
(zásib másovoji informáciji)
— means of public communication that reaches a large audience