intermediate

[ in-ter-mee-dee-it ]

/ ˌɪn tərˈmi di ɪt /

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adjective

being, situated, or acting between two points, stages, things, persons, etc.: the intermediate steps in a procedure.

of or relating to an intermediate school.

Automotive. mid-size.

noun

a person who acts between others; intermediary; mediator.

something intermediate, as a form or class.

Chemistry. a derivative of the initial material formed before the desired product of a chemical process.

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Origin of intermediate

1615–25; <Medieval Latin intermediātus, equivalent to Latin intermedi(us) intermediary (inter-inter- + mediusmiddle, in the middle) + -ātus-ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM intermediate

in·ter·me·di·ate·ly, adverbin·ter·me·di·ate·ness, noun

Other definitions for intermediate (2 of 2)

intermediate²

[ in-ter-mee-dee-eyt ]

/ ˌɪn tərˈmi diˌeɪt /

verb (used without object), in·ter·me·di·at·ed, in·ter·me·di·at·ing.

to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.

Origin of intermediate

1600–10; <Medieval Latin intermediātus, past participle of intermediāre.See inter-, mediate

OTHER WORDS FROM intermediate

in·ter·me·di·a·tor, nounin·ter·me·di·a·to·ry

[in-ter-mee-dee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˌɪn tərˈmi di əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective

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How to use intermediate in a sentence

Cover-one is man across the board with a deep zone and an initially unoccupied intermediate zone.
In effective pass coverage, what you see isn’t always what you get|Richard Johnson|November 11, 2020|Washington Post
The event will have more than 30 available challenges, grouped into easy, intermediate, and hard, for competitors to find and upload solutions for.
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Like the other QBs, he’s been inaccurate to the right sideline at intermediate depths, but his accurate throws — represented by the teal areas of the heat map — bulge out into the middle of the field deeper than those of his peers.
Who’s The Best Quarterback From The Much-Hyped 2018 Draft Class?|Josh Hermsmeyer|October 27, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
This is in contrast to previous multilingual models, which heavily rely on English as an intermediate.
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It was a marketplace that allowed people to sell and trade items with cryptocurrency, buying intermediate variable-value tokens redeemable for future goods.
Crypto-driven marketplace Zora raises $2M to build a sustainable creator economy|Matthew Panzarino|October 16, 2020|TechCrunch
Cabbages, and plants of that kind, may be sown and grown intermediately.
The Book of Sports:|William Martin
Master Tommy; though, intermediately, I may obsarve, I 'm by no ways timorous.
Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II)|Charles James Lever
Intermediately the mountaineer paid his score and started for the stairs which led to the bedrooms above.
The Goose Girl|Harold MacGrath
Intermediately, I demur a little to the quotations that he makes from my conversation.
Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 2 of 2|Thomas Wodehouse Legh Newton
Intermediately it was occupied by the Listowel family, to whom the freehold belongs.
The Kensington District|Geraldine Edith Mitton

British Dictionary definitions for intermediate

intermediate

adjective (ˌɪntəˈmiːdɪɪt)

occurring or situated between two points, extremes, places, etc; in between

(of a class, course, etc) suitable for learners with some degree of skill or competence

physics (of a neutron) having an energy between 100 and 100 000 electronvolts

geology (of such igneous rocks as syenite) containing between 55 and 66 per cent silica

noun (ˌɪntəˈmiːdɪɪt)

something intermediate

a substance formed during one of the stages of a chemical process before the desired product is obtained

verb (ˌɪntəˈmiːdɪˌeɪt)

(intr) to act as an intermediary or mediator

Derived forms of intermediate

intermediacy or intermediateness, nounintermediately, adverbintermediation, nounintermediator, noun

Word Origin for intermediate

C17: from Medieval Latin intermediāre to intervene, from Latin inter- + medius middle

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