MEDIATE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does mediate mean? 

• MEDIATE (adjective)
  The adjective MEDIATE has 2 senses:

1. acting through or dependent on an intervening agency
2. being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series

  Familiarity information: MEDIATE used as an adjective is rare.

• MEDIATE (verb)
  The verb MEDIATE has 2 senses:

1. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
2. occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others

  Familiarity information: MEDIATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEDIATE (adjective)

Meaning:

Acting through or dependent on an intervening agency

Context example:

the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact

Similar:

indirect (having intervening factors or persons or influences)

mediated (acting or brought about through an intervening agency)

Attribute:

immediacy; immediateness (lack of an intervening or mediating agency)

Antonym:

immediate (having no intervening medium)

Meaning:

Being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series

Synonyms:

in-between; middle; mediate

Context examples:

adolescence is an awkward in-between age / in a mediate position / the middle point on a line

Similar:

intermediate (lying between two extremes in time or space or degree)

• MEDIATE (verb)

Meaning:

Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

arbitrate; intercede; intermediate; liaise; mediate

Context examples:

He interceded in the family dispute / He mediated a settlement

Hypernyms (to "mediate" is one way to...):

negociate; negotiate; talk terms (discuss the terms of an arrangement)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue mediate

Meaning:

Occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

mediate between the old and the new

Hypernyms (to "mediate" is one way to...):

lie (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s