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English adjective: mediate | |||
| 1. | mediate acting through or dependent on an intervening agency | ||
| Samples | The disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact. | ||
| Similar | indirect, mediated | ||
| Attribute | immediacy, immediateness | ||
| Antonyms | immediate | ||
| 2. | mediate being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series | ||
| Samples | Adolescence is an awkward in-between age. In a mediate position. The middle point on a line. | ||
| Synonyms | in-between, middle | ||
| Similar | intermediate | ||
| Antonyms | terminal | ||
English verb: mediate | |||
| 1. | mediate (communication) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences | ||
| Samples | He interceded in the family dispute. He mediated a settlement. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue mediate | ||
| Synonyms | arbitrate, intercede, intermediate, liaise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | negociate, negotiate, talk terms | ||
| 2. | mediate (stative) occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others | ||
| Samples | Mediate between the old and the new. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lie | ||
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