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| 1. | [ verb ] (law) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences | |
| Synonyms: | intercede arbitrate intermediate liaise | |
| Examples: | "He interceded in the family dispute" "He mediated a settlement" |
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| Related terms: | negociate intervention mediator arbiter mediation arbitration arbitration mediation | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series | |
| Synonyms: | middle in-between | |
| Examples: | "adolescence is an awkward in-between age" "in a mediate position" "the middle point on a line" |
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| Related terms: | intermediate | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] acting through or dependent on an intervening agency | |
| Examples: | "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact" |
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| Related terms: | immediate indirect mediated immediacy | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series | |
| Synonyms: | middle in-between | |
| Examples: | "adolescence is an awkward in-between age" "in a mediate position" "the middle point on a line" |
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| Related terms: | intermediate | |
| 5. | [ verb ] occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others | |
| Synonyms: | arbitrate | |
| Examples: | "mediate between the old and the new" |
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| Related terms: | settle lie | |
| Similar spelling: |
mediety mete_out |
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