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mediæval — Early Modern English, meaning 1: Of the Middle Ages.↗ Example: 12 (return) [ Post-mediæval Preachers, by S.↗ (Three hundred Aesop’s fables / Translated by George Fyler Townsend) · 11 (return) [ Fables may possibly have been not entirely unknown to the mediæval scholars.↗ (Three hundred Aesop’s fables / Translated by George Fyler Townsend) · Remarks.--Apart from the interest of its wide travels, and its appearance in the standard mediæval History of England by Matthew Paris, the modern story shows the remarkable persistence of folk-tales in the popular mind.↗ (Indian Fairy Tales)

mediaeval — Everyday, meaning 1: (history) From or to do with the Middle Ages, the time in Europe from about 500 to 1500 AD.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, negative) Very old-fashioned or cruel, as in «mediaeval punishments».↗ Example: We visited a mediaeval castle in Wales.↗ · Mediaeval knights wore heavy armour.↗ · In mediaeval times, most people worked on farms.↗ · The Black Death killed many people in mediaeval Europe.↗ · The town still has its mediaeval walls.↗ · Monks copied books by hand in mediaeval monasteries.↗ · «Sending kids to bed with no phone?↗ That's mediaeval!» joked my brother.↗

median — Everyday, meaning 1: In maths, the median is the middle number when a list of numbers is put in order.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK, Australia) The median strip is the strip of land between the two sides of a road.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In geometry, a median is a line from a corner of a triangle to the middle of the opposite side.↗ Example: The median of 2, 5 and 9 is 5.↗ · Put the numbers in order before you find the median.↗ · For 3, 4, 8 and 10 the median is 6, halfway between 4 and 8.↗ · The median age of the class is 10.↗ · The car hit the median of the highway.↗ · The median of a triangle goes to the middle of a side.↗

mediate — Everyday, meaning 1: To mediate is to help two people or groups who disagree to talk and find an agreement, without taking sides.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To be the means by which something passes or happens between two things.↗ Example: A teacher mediated between the two friends after their fight.↗ · Our school trains pupils to mediate playground quarrels.↗ · Another country offered to mediate in the dispute.↗ · The coach mediated between the angry players.↗ · A good mediator listens to both sides.↗ · Christians believe Jesus mediates between God and humans.↗ · To intervene in any thing, to mediate the peace, accomodate a quarrel.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Water is silent, Fire is sibilant, and Air derived fron the Spirit is as the tongue of a balance standing between these contraries which are in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Water is silent, Fire is sibilant, and Air derived from the Spirit is as the tongue of a balance standing between these contraries which are in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

mediator — Everyday, meaning 1: A mediator is a person who helps two people or groups who disagree to talk calmly and reach an agreement.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (law, money) A mediator can be a trained, fair person who helps settle arguments about divorce, children, money or work without going to court.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (church) Christians believe that Jesus is the mediator between God and people.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A mediator can also be a go-between who links two different worlds, such as the living and the dead.↗ Example: Our teacher acted as a mediator when Sam and Jack fell out.↗ · Ella is a peer mediator at lunchtime.↗ · Mum and Dad saw a mediator to agree who the children would live with.↗ · A good mediator listens to both sides and doesn't take sides.↗ · The two countries asked a mediator to help them make peace.↗ · (church) The vicar said that Christians believe Jesus is the mediator between God and people.↗ · The union and the company met with a mediator to end the strike.↗ · He also possessed the power of bringing back departed spirits to the upper world, and was, therefore, the mediator between the living and the dead.↗ · Shin is sibilant, and Aleph is the Mediator and as it were a friend placed between them.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

medical — Everyday, meaning 1: To do with medicine, doctors, illness and keeping people healthy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As a noun, a check of your body by a doctor.↗ Example: She needs medical help right away.↗ · This is a medical emergency — call an ambulance!↗ · My brother wears a medical bracelet for his allergy.↗ · The nurse keeps a medical kit in her office.↗ · Doctors go to medical school for many years.↗ · He had a medical before joining the team.↗ · The physicians of Myddvai were historic personages, renowned for their medical skill for some six centuries, till the race died out with John Jones, fl.↗ 1743.↗

medicament — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) A medicine: a substance used to treat an illness or injury, such as a tablet, cream or syrup.↗ Example: The nurse put the medicament on the cut.↗ · Keep all medicaments out of the reach of children.↗ · The leaflet explains how to store the medicament.↗ · "Medicament" is a posh word for medicine.↗ · In the old story, the doctor mixed a strange medicament in a jar.↗ · Never take a medicament that was prescribed for someone else.↗

medicare — Everyday, meaning 1: (a name; US) Medicare is the US government health insurance for people aged 65 and over and some disabled people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name; Australia) Medicare is Australia's public health system, which pays for doctors and hospital care for citizens and residents.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Canada) Medicare is an informal name for Canada's public health insurance.↗ Example: Grandpa is on Medicare now that he is over 65.↗ · In Australia, Mum showed her Medicare card at the doctor's.↗ · Medicare helps pay for hospital visits.↗ · (Australia) The visit was free with Medicare.↗ · (US) Medicare is for older Americans.↗ · In the UK, the NHS does a similar job.↗ · Medicare is paid for by taxes.↗ · Canadians call their health system medicare.↗

medicate — Everyday, meaning 1: To medicate is to give someone medicine, or to treat an illness with medicine.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Medicated (adjective) means containing medicine: «medicated shampoo».↗ Example: The vet medicated the sick dog.↗ · Use the medicated cream twice a day.↗ · Never medicate yourself without asking an adult.↗ · The nurse medicated the patient at bedtime.↗ · She used medicated shampoo for her itchy scalp.↗ · Doctors decide whether to medicate a fever.↗

medication — Everyday, meaning 1: Medication is medicine: pills, liquids, creams or injections that a doctor gives to treat an illness or stop pain.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Being on medication means taking medicine regularly.↗ Example: The nurse keeps our medication in a locked cupboard.↗ · Never take someone else's medication.↗ · Dad is on medication for his high blood pressure.↗ · Read the label before giving any medication.↗ · The doctor changed her medication.↗ · Some medications make you sleepy.↗ · Keep all medication out of reach of children.↗

medicinal — Everyday, meaning 1: Medicinal means used to treat illness or helping the body heal: «medicinal plants».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (joking) Said about something you enjoy, pretending it is good for you: «a medicinal chocolate».↗ Example: Aloe vera has medicinal properties.↗ · Many medicinal drugs come from plants.↗ · The garden grows medicinal herbs.↗ · Grandma said the hot drink was «purely medicinal».↗ · Willow bark was used for medicinal purposes long ago.↗ · Some medicinal plants are poisonous in large amounts.↗ · Of course it was only water, but it was out of a bottle, and she always shook the bottle and counted the drops, which gave it a certain medicinal quality.↗

medicine — Everyday, meaning 1: A pill, liquid or cream that a doctor or chemist gives to help you get better when ill.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The science and work of doctors: studying medicine.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Something that makes you feel better: «Laughter is the best medicine».↗ Example: Mum gave me some cough medicine.↗ · Only take medicine from a grown-up you trust.↗ · Never take medicine that belongs to someone else.↗ · Keep medicines out of reach of little children.↗ · The medicine tastes like strawberries, but it is not a sweet.↗ · My aunt studied medicine and became a doctor.↗ · Take the medicine twice a day after food.↗ · Laughter is the best medicine.↗ · A merry heart is a good medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones.↗ (Writings PRO.17.22, JPS 1917)↗ · None deemeth of thy wound that it may be bound up; thou hast no healing medicines.↗ (Prophets JER.30.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt; in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no cure for thee.↗ (Prophets JER.46.11, JPS 1917)↗

medieval — Everyday, meaning 1: Medieval means from or about the Middle Ages, the long period in European history after the Roman times and before the modern age.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Informally, medieval means very old-fashioned or cruel.↗ Example: We visited a medieval castle with a moat.↗ · Medieval knights wore heavy armour.↗ · Life in medieval villages was hard.↗ · The town still has its medieval walls.↗ · Monks copied books by hand in medieval times.↗ · Our class held a medieval banquet.↗ · Their rules are positively medieval!↗

medina — Everyday, meaning 1: Medina is a city in Saudi Arabia, the second holiest city in Islam, where the Prophet Muhammad lived after moving from Mecca and where he is buried.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A medina is the old walled part of a city in North Africa, such as in Marrakesh or Fez, with narrow streets and markets.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Medina is also a girls' name (a name).↗ Example: Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad moved from Mecca to Medina in 622.↗ · Medina is a holy city for Muslims.↗ · We got lost in the narrow streets of the medina in Marrakesh.↗ · The medina sells spices, lamps and carpets.↗ · The Prophet's Mosque is in Medina.↗ · The Islamic calendar starts with the journey to Medina.↗ · They rose from the palace roof, and spread their wings toward Medina.↗

meditate — Everyday, meaning 1: To meditate is to sit quietly and focus your mind, often on your breathing, to feel calm and peaceful.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church, religion) To meditate is to think deeply and prayerfully about God or a holy text; Buddhists, Hindus and Christians all meditate in their own ways.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) To meditate on something is to think about it seriously for a long time.↗ Example: We meditate for five minutes after lunch to calm down.↗ · The monk meditated in silence for hours.↗ · The psalm says to meditate on God's law day and night.↗ · When I feel angry, I meditate and count my breaths.↗ · Buddhists meditate to train their minds.↗ · She meditated on what her grandmother had said.↗ · He sat down on the shore and meditated.↗ · And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.↗ (Torah GEN.24.63, JPS 1917)↗ · I will meditate in Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways.↗ (Writings PSA.119.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, that I might meditate in Thy word.↗ (Writings PSA.119.148, JPS 1917)↗ · I will meditate also upon all Thy work, and muse on Thy doings.'↗ (Writings PSA.77.13, JPS 1917)↗

meditation — Everyday, meaning 1: Sitting quietly and focusing your mind, for example on your breathing, to feel calm and relaxed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A religious or spiritual practice of deep, quiet thought or prayer.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) Serious, careful thought about something; or a piece of writing with such thoughts.↗ Example: We do five minutes of meditation after lunch.↗ · Meditation helps me feel calm before a test.↗ · Close your eyes and breathe slowly for meditation.↗ · The monk spent hours in meditation.↗ · Mum listens to a meditation app at night.↗ · Meditation is part of many religions.↗ · The poem is a meditation on loss.↗ · During meditation, try to notice your breathing.↗ · At last the Childe of Lambton came home to his father's Hall, after seven long years spent in meditation and repentance on holy soil.↗ · It is my meditation all the day.↗ (Writings PSA.119.97, JPS 1917)↗ · Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.↗ (Writings PSA.5.2, JPS 1917)↗ · My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.↗ (Writings PSA.49.4, JPS 1917)↗

mediterranean — Everyday, meaning 1: The Mediterranean (Sea) is the large sea between southern Europe, North Africa and western Asia.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Mediterranean means of or near this sea.↗ e.g. Mediterranean countries include Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Egypt.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A Mediterranean climate has hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters, found around this sea and in places like California and parts of Australia.↗ Example: We went on holiday to a beach on the Mediterranean.↗ · Italy sticks out into the Mediterranean Sea like a boot.↗ · Olives grow well in the Mediterranean climate.↗ · The Romans sailed all around the Mediterranean.↗ · Perth has a Mediterranean climate.↗ · Doctors say the Mediterranean diet is healthy.↗ · Many refugees have tried to cross the Mediterranean in small boats.↗ · And then they flew across the Alps towards the blue Mediterranean.↗

medium — Everyday, meaning 1: Medium means in the middle in size, amount or level, not big and not small.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A medium is a way of communicating or showing something, such as television, paint or the internet.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In science, a medium is a material that something travels through, like air for sound.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A medium is a person who claims to talk to the dead.↗ Example: I'd like a medium pizza, please.↗ · Cook the sauce on a medium heat.↗ · He is of medium height.↗ · Sound travels through a medium such as air.↗ · Her favourite art medium is watercolour.↗ · The internet is a powerful medium.↗ · We found a happy medium between work and play.↗ · My T-shirt size is medium.↗ · She is of medium height, and the form is perfect in its symmetry and faultless proportions.↗