intermediary

[ in-ter-mee-dee-er-ee ]

/ ˌɪn tərˈmi diˌɛr i /

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noun, plural in·ter·me·di·ar·ies.

an intermediate agent or agency; a go-between or mediator.

a medium or means.

an intermediate form or stage.

adjective

being between; intermediate.

acting between persons, parties, etc.; serving as an intermediate agent or agency: an intermediary power.

OTHER WORDS FOR intermediary

1 arbitrator, umpire.

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Origin of intermediary

1785–95; <Late Latin intermedi(um) intervening place + -ary; see intermediate¹

Words nearby intermediary

intermarriage, intermarry, intermeddle, intermedia, intermediacy, intermediary, intermediate, intermediate-acting, intermediate card, intermediate care, intermediate care facility

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How to use intermediary in a sentence

Instead, Liang pointed to the possibility that the virus jumped across species in nature through intermediary hosts such as pangolins, cats or minks.
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He reached out to Podhorzer, through an intermediary both men declined to name.
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Clearing houses — the intermediary between stock buyers and sellers — are in the headlines in a way they haven't been since the 2008 financial crisis.
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A multi-state antitrust suit filed in December claimed Google uses its “massive information advantage strategically to harm any publisher who refuses to use its intermediaries.”
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Tapjoy’s business model has been to serve as an intermediary between advertisers, gamers and game developers.
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He is the intermediary between the human world and the spiritual world.
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Had the term not already been taken, Obama might well have called his intermediary path the “third way.”
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The second is the possibility of an intermediary agreement in case a final status agreement will not be possible.
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Local jurisdictions have also created intermediary programs.
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So the predator priest (who could sign) was actually an intermediary between the kids and their parents.
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Austria, however, had a considerable quantity on hand, and these an intermediary proposed I should buy.
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Permit me to say, monsieur, that you must also have heard of me through some other intermediary than mutual friends.
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Deposits can be made by the intermediary of rural postmen to the extent of 500 florins.
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It will be noticed that Nelson was practically the intermediary between the two commanders-in-chief.
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This might be explained away on the ground that the intermediary colors are blends of the extreme colors.
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British Dictionary definitions for intermediary

intermediary

/ (ˌɪntəˈmiːdɪərɪ) /

noun plural -aries

a person who acts as a mediator or agent between parties

something that acts as a medium or means

an intermediate state or period

adjective

acting as an intermediary

situated, acting, or coming between; intermediate

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