multimedia
UK/ˌmʌltiˈmiːdi.ə//ˌmʌltiˈmidi.ə/
multimedia noun: the combined use of sound, video, and text to present an idea.
Noun
multimedia (uncountable)
Adjective
multimedia (not comparable)
- of, or relating to this combined use of media
- of, or relating to an application that can combine such media into an integrated package
multimedia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
multimedia in Hindi
- The use of different media to convey information
- मल्टीमीडिया malṭīmīḍiyā
multimedia in Tamil
- பல்லூடகம், என்பது, ஒரு பெயர்ச்சொல்
multimedia in Marathi
- मल्टीमीडिया, मल्टिमीडिया
multimedia in Urdu
- ملٹیمیڈیا
More languagesFewer languages
- multimedia in Bengali
- মাল্টিমিডিয়া
- multimedia in Telugu
- మల్టీమీడియా
- multimedia in Malayalam
- വിവിധ മാദ്ധ്യമങ്ങളുടെ, സഞ്ചയം
- multimedia in Kannada
- ಬಹುಮಾಧ್ಯಮ
- multimedia in Punjabi
- ਮਲਟੀਮੀਡੀਆ, ਮਲ੍ਟੀਮੀਡੀਆ
- multimedia in Gujarati
- મલ્ટીમીડિયા, મલ્ટિમીડિયા, મલ્ટીમીડીયા
- multimedia in Odia
- ମଲ୍ଟିମିଡ଼ିଆ, ମଲ୍ଟିମିଡିଆ, ମାଲ୍ଟିମିଡ଼ିଆ
- multimedia in Nepali
- मल्टिमेडिया, मल्टिमीडिया, मल्टीमीडिया
- multimedia in Arabic
- اَلْوَسَائِط اَلْمُتَعَدِّدَة al-wasāʔiṭ al-mutaʕaddida
- multimedia in Thai
- มัลติมีเดีย
- multimedia in Vietnamese
- đa phương tiện
Examples of multimedia in a sentence
- Audio and video codecs are important in making multimedia files small enough to distribute and simple to play back.
- Microsoft’s Encarta team concentrated on developing nontext supplements that would make it a multimedia extravaganza.
- In reality, multimedia was associated first and foremost with the development of full-motion video.
Origin of multimedia
From multi- + media.
Words formed from multimedia
Words that rhyme with multimedia
Questions about multimedia
- What does multimedia mean?
- Multimedia means the combined use of sound, video, and text to present an idea.
- What is multimedia in Hindi?
- Multimedia in Hindi is मल्टीमीडिया (malṭīmīḍiyā). See Multimedia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is multimedia?
- Multimedia can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce multimedia?
- Multimedia is pronounced /ˌmʌltiˈmiːdi.ə/ (UK).
Words near multimedia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: multimedia (page history and authors); multimedia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); multimedia (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); multimedia (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); multimedia (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); multimedia (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); multimedia (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); multimedia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); multimedia (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); multimedia (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); multimedia (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); multimedia (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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