social media

noun

plural in form but singular or plural in construction

: forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos)

Examples of social media in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Still, visitors to Bryce have posted videos on social media showing the giant plume in the distance. — CBS News, 27 June 2026

Nine Scottish fans were instead at Kansas City’s Fan Festival on Wednesday and caught the eye of the KC2026 planning committee’s social media-team. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026

Internationally, after record rainfall and flooding in the United Arab Emirates in April 2024, social media widely blamed cloud seeding, according to AFP. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 June 2026

In another video posted on social media Wednesday, a resident talks about finding empty shelves in a local supermarket after cafes and canteens had stopped operating. — Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 26 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for social media

• comedia
• commedia
• cyclopaedia
• cyclopedia
• hypermedia
• intermedia
• multimedia
• encyclopaedia
• encyclopedia

Kids Definition

social media

singular or plural noun

: forms of electronic communication (as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos)