multimedia
English meaning: Multimedia
Definition
The combined use of sound, video, and text to present an idea.
Example
“The lesson used multimedia to combine video clips with interactive quizzes.”
Another example: “Her phone supports multimedia messages with photos and sound.”
Usage — When, Where & How
Refers to content combining text, audio, images and video; common in education, technology and the arts. Used as both noun and adjective ('a multimedia presentation'); fairly modern and slightly technical.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
A 20th-century coinage from Latin 'multi-' 'many' + 'media', plural of 'medium'; popularized in the 1960s–1990s.
Synonyms
- mixed media
- interactive media
Related Words
- mms
- ims
- messaging
- interactive
- playback
- installations
- audio
- streaming
- ieee
- content
Common Collocations
- multimedia presentation
- multimedia content
- interactive multimedia
- multimedia message
- multimedia experience
Word Forms
multimedia (n/adj); — (usually uncountable)
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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Language information
- Language
- English
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Indo-European
- Speakers
- 1.5B