med
part of speech
noun (a med, meds — informal); adjective (med, informal); abbreviation (Med, med.)
meaning for a pupil
1) (informal) Short for «medicine» or «medication», usually in the plural: «meds». tree →
2) (informal) Short for «medical», as in «med school» (medical school) or «med student». tree →
3) (the Med, UK informal) The Mediterranean Sea, or the countries around it. tree →
4) (abbreviation) Short for «medium», as on clothes or menus. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, «Did you take your meds?» means medicine; families go on holiday «to the Med». In hospital stories, med students learn to be doctors. Safety: only take meds a trusted adult gives you. Phrases: take your meds, med school, holiday in the Med.
examples
- Grandma takes her meds every morning. tree →
- My cousin is at med school to be a doctor. tree →
- We went on holiday to the Med, to Spain. tree →
- The T-shirt says «Med» on the label, for medium. tree →
- Don't take any meds unless an adult gives them to you. tree →
- The med student shadowed the doctor all day. tree →
- Cruise ships sail around the Med in summer. tree →
note
Informal clipped form. «Meds» (plural) is the usual form for medicines. «The Med» = Mediterranean (capital M). Not an English full word; in formal writing say «medicine», «medical» or «Mediterranean».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «med» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.