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

Tennis fans took to social media to complain about Castle constantly talking over Agassi. —Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025

Videos posted to social media showed Rollins getting helped to the back. —Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025

The New York University professor elevated this theory after reviewing dozens of recent studies linking social media and smartphone use by kids and teens to the explosive increase in rates of anxiety among young people, including emergency room visits for self-harm. —Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 13 July 2025

For more, check out The Enquirer's social media for a walkthrough. —Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 13 July 2025

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)