Used in a Sentence

multimedia

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for multimedia.

Editorial note

But the web is not a book and both articles and footnotes (and lack of other multimedia features) are not native to the way it functions.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

The combined use of sound, video, and text to present an idea.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of multimedia gathered in one view.

noun

The combined use of sound, video, and text to present an idea.

adjective

of, or relating to this combined use of media

adjective

(computing) of, or relating to an application that can combine such media into an integrated package

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for multimedia.

noun

The combined use of sound, video, and text to present an idea.

adjective

of, or relating to this combined use of media

adjective

(computing) of, or relating to an application that can combine such media into an integrated package

Example sentences

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But the web is not a book and both articles and footnotes (and lack of other multimedia features) are not native to the way it functions.

2

Especially when pictures and multimedia are involved people tend to move their mouse out of the way.

3

PCs didn't really get anywhere close in that department until the whole Multimedia PC thing happened in the early 90s.

4

Didn't go full time on it, learned a lot about producing multimedia and the film industry.

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A friend at school picked up an Amiga 2000 and joined the multimedia production fun.

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Look at the pedigree of Xiph[1] - non-profit corporation dedicated to protecting the foundations of Internet multimedia from control by private interests.

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The acronym even says it: it's not a text message, it's multimedia.

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In any case, I think none is installed by default and most of multimedia stuff is not even on the default server.

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All the multimedia messages I see people using are transmitted through the Internet.

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Parsers of multimedia formats often have nasty vulnerabilities though.

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MMS as in telecom operator carried multimedia messages?

12

As for multimedia, I guess it's because the patents are not Microsoft's.

Quote examples

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Maybe the multimedia / entertainment / "cloud services" power user segments are big enough to justify it, though.

2

A while back, people used to throw around "multimedia" to no end...

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In 1995, Newsweek published an article titled “Why the Web Won’t be Nirvana,” stating: “Visionaries see a future of telecommuting workers, interactive libraries and multimedia classrooms.

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In my experience at least, when I talk about "Flash programming" I'm not just referring to Actionscript, but the whole package, the whole Flash suite including manipulating the timeline and multimedia objects programmatically.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use multimedia in a sentence?

But the web is not a book and both articles and footnotes (and lack of other multimedia features) are not native to the way it functions.

What does multimedia mean?

The combined use of sound, video, and text to present an idea.

What part of speech is multimedia?

multimedia is commonly used as noun, adjective.