"social media" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-social media.wav [US] Forms: social medias [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} social media (countable and uncountable, plural social medias)
  1. (uncountable) Applications or websites allowing users to share content and communicate with one another via the Internet. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Internet, Media
    Sense id: en-social_media-en-noun-xbyQ9pj4 Disambiguation of Internet: 83 8 10 Disambiguation of Media: 39 47 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 8 20
  2. (countable, informal) A particular social media site or account. Tags: countable, informal Categories (topical): Media Synonyms: social medium, social [informal]
    Sense id: en-social_media-en-noun-~6~UmBQD Disambiguation of Media: 39 47 14

Noun

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Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} social media
  1. plural of social medium Tags: form-of, plural Form of: social medium Categories (topical): Media Derived forms: socmed [abbreviation], sosh meed [clipping] Related terms: social networking Translations (applications or websites allowing users to communicate): sosiale media (Afrikaans), وَسَائِل تَوَاصُل اِجْتِمَاعِيّ (wasāʔil tawāṣul ijtimāʕiyy) [masculine, plural] (Arabic), سُوشَل مِيدْيَا (sūšal mīdyā) [masculine] (Arabic), ܝܘܼܕܵܥܵܐ ܟܢܘܼܫܝܵܝܵܐ (yuddāˁā knušyāyā) [masculine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), လူမှုမီဒီယာ (luhmu.midiya) (Burmese), 社會媒體 (Chinese Mandarin), 社会媒体 (shèhuì méitǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 社交媒體 (Chinese Mandarin), 社交媒体 (shèjiāo méitǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), sociale medier (Danish), sociale media [plural] (Dutch), social media [plural] (Dutch), sosiaalinen media (Finnish), some (Finnish), réseau social [masculine] (French), réseaux sociaux [masculine, plural] (French), medios sociais (Galician), სოციალური მედია (english: socialuri media) (Georgian), soziale Medien [neuter, plural] (German), Social Media [plural] (German), μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης (mésa koinonikís diktýosis) [neuter, plural] (Greek), מֶדְיָה חֶבְרָתִית (médya khevratít) [feminine] (Hebrew), közösségi média (Hungarian), samfélagsmiðill [masculine] (Icelandic), media sosial (Indonesian), social [masculine, plural] (Italian), SNS (SNS) (Japanese), ソーシャルメディア (sōsharu media) (Japanese), SNS (essenesseu) (Korean), medyaya sosyal (Northern Kurdish), media społecznościowe [nonvirile] (Polish), social media [nonvirile] (Polish), rede social [feminine] (Portuguese), социа́льные ме́диа (sociálʹnyje média) [feminine, plural] (Russian), medios sociales [masculine, plural] (Spanish), redes sociales [feminine, plural] (Spanish), sociala medier [neuter, plural] (Swedish), సోషల్ మీడియా (sōṣal mīḍiyā) (Telugu), సామాజిక మధ్యమము (sāmājika madhyamamu) (Telugu), สื่อสังคม (Thai), สื่อสังคมออนไลน์ (Thai), โซเชียลมีเดีย (Thai), ማሕበራዊ መራኸቢ (maḥbärawi märaxäbi) [singular] (Tigrinya), ማሕበራዊ መራኸቢታት (maḥbärawi märaxäbitat) [plural] (Tigrinya), معاشرتی ذرائع ابلاغ (muāśiratī-zarāe-ablāġ) (Urdu), اجتماعی شبکہ (ijtamāī-śabka) (Urdu), اجتماعی مواصلات (ijtamāī-mawāsilāt) (Urdu), سماجی ابلاغ (samājī-ablāġ) (Urdu), phương tiện truyền thông xã hội (Vietnamese), truyền thông xã hội (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-social_media-en-noun-bV~eoMDw Disambiguation of Media: 39 47 14 Categories (other): English plurals in -a with singular in -um or -on

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          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
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          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "réseaux sociaux"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
          "word": "medios sociais"
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          "code": "ka",
          "english": "socialuri media",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
          "word": "სოციალური მედია"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "soziale Medien"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Social Media"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mésa koinonikís diktýosis",
          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "médya khevratít",
          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "מֶדְיָה חֶבְרָתִית"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
          "word": "közösségi média"
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          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
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          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
          "word": "media sosial"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
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          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sōsharu media",
          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
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          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
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          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
          "tags": [
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            "plural"
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          "word": "социа́льные ме́диа"
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          "word": "సోషల్ మీడియా"
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          "word": "సామాజిక మధ్యమము"
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          "word": "สื่อสังคม"
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          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
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          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
          "word": "โซเชียลมีเดีย"
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          "roman": "maḥbärawi märaxäbi",
          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
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          "code": "ti",
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          "word": "ማሕበራዊ መራኸቢታት"
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          "code": "ur",
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          "roman": "muāśiratī-zarāe-ablāġ",
          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
          "word": "معاشرتی ذرائع ابلاغ"
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          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
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          "code": "ur",
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          "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
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      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ܝܘܼܕܵܥܵܐ ܟܢܘܼܫܝܵܝܵܐ"
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      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "luhmu.midiya",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "လူမှုမီဒီယာ"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "社會媒體"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèhuì méitǐ",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "社会媒体"
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      "roman": "shèjiāo méitǐ",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "社交媒体"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "sociale medier"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sociale media"
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      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "social media"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "sosiaalinen media"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
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      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "réseau social"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "word": "réseaux sociaux"
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      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "medios sociais"
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "სოციალური მედია"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "soziale Medien"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "he",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "word": "közösségi média"
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      "code": "is",
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      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "media sosial"
    },
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      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "SNS (SNS)"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "sōsharu media",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
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    },
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "SNS (essenesseu)"
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
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      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "tags": [
        "nonvirile"
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      "word": "media społecznościowe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "tags": [
        "nonvirile"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "социа́льные ме́диа"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sociala medier"
    },
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "sōṣal mīḍiyā",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "సోషల్ మీడియా"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "sāmājika madhyamamu",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "సామాజిక మధ్యమము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "สื่อสังคม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "สื่อสังคมออนไลน์"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "โซเชียลมีเดีย"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "maḥbärawi märaxäbi",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ማሕበራዊ መራኸቢ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "maḥbärawi märaxäbitat",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ማሕበራዊ መራኸቢታት"
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      "code": "ur",
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      "roman": "muāśiratī-zarāe-ablāġ",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "معاشرتی ذرائع ابلاغ"
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      "roman": "ijtamāī-śabka",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "اجتماعی شبکہ"
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      "code": "ur",
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      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "سماجی ابلاغ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "phương tiện truyền thông xã hội"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "applications or websites allowing users to communicate",
      "word": "truyền thông xã hội"
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