intermediate

Plural: intermediates

Noun

• a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
• Anything in an intermediate position.
• An intermediary.
• An automobile that is larger than a compact but smaller than a full-sized car.
• Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.
• Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.
• Any such substance that is produced and sold to commercial customers (business-to-business sales) as an input to other chemical processes.
• A kind of tyre with relatively light grooving, used for conditions between fully dry and fully wet.

Verb

• act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
• To mediate, to be an intermediate.
• To arrange, in the manner of a broker.

Adjective

• lying between two extremes in time or space or state
  • "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"
  • "intermediate stages in a process"
  • "intermediate stops on the route"
  • "an intermediate range plane"

Adjective Satellite

• around the middle of a scale of evaluation
  • "intermediate capacity"

Adj

• Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.

Examples

• Central banks need to regulate the entities that intermediate monetary transactions.
• Light rain was coming so he chose intermediate tyres.

Synonyms

arbitrate, average, intercede, liaise, mediate, medium, intermediate, mid-size, middle, middling, mild, moderate

Antonyms

terminal, extreme, intense

Related Words

big, small

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