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milieu: The air serves as a medium of sound. The light is
refracted as it passes into a denser medium. 5 means, method,
mode, approach, instrumentality, device, mechanism,
intermediation, technique, contrivance, agency, expedient, way,
course, route, road, avenue, channel, conveyance, vehicle:
Latin and Greek were the media of the scholarship, the science,
and the theology of the Middle Ages. Television is a powerful
advertising medium.
medley n. mixture, assortment, combination, miscellany, m‚lange,
collection, conglomeration, agglomeration, hotchpotch or US and
Canadian hodgepodge, olio, blend, gallimaufry, omnium gatherum,
pastiche, pot-pourri, salmagundi, olla podrida, mishmash,
jumble, mess, farrago, stew, goulash, Colloq mixed bag: The
programme consisted of a medley of show tunes.
meek adj. 1 modest, humble, submissive, unassuming, unambitious,
unpretentious, mild, bland, patient, deferential, shy, retiring,
lowly: The meek shall inherit the earth. 2 tame, timid, weak,
docile, compliant, submissive, yielding, acquiescent, docile,
unaggressive, non-militant, tractable, manageable, subdued,
repressed, spiritless, suppressed, broken, Colloq wimpish: The
people are meek and will not offer any resistance to such
dictatorial government.
meet° v. 1 encounter, come across, chance on or upon, happen on or
upon, stumble on or into, see, Colloq run across or into, bump
into: Guess who I met in the park this morning! 2 Often, meet
with. rendezvous (with), get together (with); convene, assemble,
gather, collect, forgather or foregather, congregate: I met
with the mysterious stranger as arranged. The board meets at
9.00 am. 3 make the acquaintance of, be introduced to, first
encounter, come across, find: Where did you meet your wife? 4
link up, join, come together, unite, adjoin, abut, touch,
intersect: The horizon is where the sky meets earth. 5 answer,
deal with, handle, satisfy, fulfil, take care of, dispose of,
heed, observe, carry out; gratify, pay, settle, defray,
liquidate: Will these precautions meet the requirements of the
Department of the Environment? The police advised the parents
not to meet the kidnapper's demands. 6 meet with. encounter, be
met by, experience; undergo, endure, suffer, have, go through:
All our efforts met with little or no response. Gary met with an
accident yesterday.