VERB | communication | mediate, intercede, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate | act between parties with a view to reconciling differences |
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stative | mediate | occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others | |
ADJECTIVE | all | mediate | acting through or dependent on an intervening agency |
all | mediate, in-between, middle | being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series |
Sounds | miy'diyey.t | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | Acting through or dependent on an intervening agency. | |
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Example | "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact" | |
Attribute of | immediacy, immediateness | lack of an intervening or mediating agency |
Narrower | indirect | Having intervening factors or persons or influences |
mediated | Acting or brought about through an intervening agency | |
Opposite | immediate | Having no intervening medium |
Nouns | mediateness | the quality of being mediate |
Meaning | Neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series. | |
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Example | "in a mediate position" | |
Synonyms | in-between, middle | |
Broader | intermediate | lying between two extremes / extremes in time or space or state |
Spanish | intermedio, medio |
Meaning | Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | Sam and Sue mediate | |
Example | "He mediated a settlement" | |
Synonyms | intercede, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate | |
Broader | negociate, negotiate, talk terms | discuss the terms of an arrangement |
Spanish | arbitrar, interceder, intermediar, mediar | |
Catalan | arbitrar, intercedir, mitjançar | |
Nouns | mediation | the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement |
mediation | a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party / party | |
mediator | a negotiator who acts as a link between parties / parties / parties |
Meaning | Occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "mediate between the old and the new" | |
Broader | lie | Be located or situated somewhere |
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