Usage note Expand. Media, like data, is the plural form of a word borrowed directly from Latin. The singular, medium, early developed the meaning âan intervening agency, means, or instrumentâ and was first applied to newspapers two centuries ago. In the 1920s media began to appear as a singular collective noun, sometimes with the plural medias. This singular use is now common in the fields of mass communication and advertising, but it is not frequently found outside them: The media is (or are) not antibusiness.
Definition of illness for English Language Learners. : 1  a condition of being unhealthy in your body or mind. : 2  a specific condition that prevents your body or mind from working normally : a sickness or disease.
a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.