mediate
Verb
Verb Forms: mediated, mediating, mediates
- To act between disputing parties to bring a settlement.
- act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
- "He mediated a settlement"
- occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
- "mediate between the old and the new"
- To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties.
- To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement.
- To divide into two equal parts.
- To act as an intermediary causal or communicative agent; to convey.
- To act as a spiritualistic medium.
- To communicate via media; to frame; to provide a cultural narrative about.
Adjective
- Acting indirectly; having an intermediate agency.
- acting through or dependent on an intervening agency
- "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"
Adjective Satellite
- being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
- "in a mediate position"
Adj
- Acting through a mediating agency, indirect.
- Intermediate between extremes.
- Gained or effected by a medium or condition.
Examples
- Could you mediate our Words With Friends dispute about whether ’QI’ is a valid word?
- His mediate influence on the game was clear as his setup allowed his partner to score big.
- Negotiators managed to mediate a ceasefire.
Origin / Etymology
The adjective is first attested in the 1440's in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English mediat(e) (“intermediate; intercessory”), borrowed from Late Latin mediātus, perfect passive participle of mediō (“to divide in the middle; (in Medieval Latin) to be in the middle, be or become between, mediate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from medius (“middle”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Synonyms
arbitrate, in-between, intercede, intermediate, liaise, middle
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
mediate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmediate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mediate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary