mediate

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I - verb

1. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences (Freq. 1)
- He interceded in the family dispute
- He mediated a settlement
• Syn:
intercede, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate
• Derivationally related forms:
arbitrative (for: arbitrate), arbitrable (for: arbitrate), arbitrement (for: arbitrate), arbitrament (for: arbitrate), arbiter (for: arbitrate), arbitration (for: arbitrate), arbitrator (for: arbitrate), intermediation (for: intermediate), intermediator (for: intermediate), mediation, mediator, intercession (for: intercede)
• Hypernyms:
negociate, negotiate, talk terms
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Sam and Sue mediate
2. occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
- mediate between the old and the new
• Hypernyms:
lie
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s

II - adjective

1. acting through or dependent on an intervening agency
- the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact
• Ant:
immediate
• Similar to:
indirect, mediated
• Derivationally related forms:
mediateness
• Attrubites:
immediacy, immediateness
2. being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
- adolescence is an awkward in-between age
- in a mediate position
- the middle point on a line
• Syn:
in-between, middle
• Similar to:
intermediate

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  in-between, middle, intercede, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate