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striking a medium

striking a medium is the present participle and gerund of strike a medium.

Meaning of strike a medium

Verb

strike a medium (third-person singular simple present strikes a medium, present participle striking a medium, simple past struck a medium, past participle struck a medium or (rare or archaic) stricken a medium)

  1. To choose or provide a moderate option between two extremes.
    • […] in references, where the consent of the parties leave the referees entire masters of the subject, they commonly discover so much equity and justice on both sides, as induces them to strike a medium, and divide the difference betwixt the parties.1740, David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, London: John Noon, Volume 3, Part 2, Section 6, p. 127

Questions about striking a medium

What is striking a medium the present participle and gerund of?
Striking a medium is the present participle and gerund of strike a medium.

Words near striking a medium in the dictionary

  1. striking a bargain
  2. striking a blow
  3. striking a chord
  4. striking a false note
  5. striking a light
  6. striking a medium
  7. striking a nerve
  8. striking a stroke
  9. striking at the heart of
  10. striking back
  11. striking camp

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