mediate
to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
to bring about (an agreement, accord, truce, peace, etc.) as an intermediary between parties by compromise, reconciliation, removal of misunderstanding, etc.
to effect (a result) or convey (a message, gift, etc.) by or as if by an intermediary.
to act between parties to effect an agreement, compromise, reconciliation, etc.
to occupy an intermediate place or position.
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
Origin of mediate
1Other words for mediate
Other words from mediate
- me·di·ate·ly [mee-dee-it-lee], /ˈmi di ɪt li/, adverb
- me·di·ate·ness [mee-dee-it-nis], /ˈmi di ɪt nɪs/, noun
- self-me·di·at·ing, adjective
- un·me·di·at·ing, adjective
Words Nearby mediate
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How to use mediate in a sentence
It’s up to Ji-Yoon to mediate between each of these competing interests.
Netflix’s Sharp Satire The Chair Throws Sandra Oh Into the Politicized Powder Keg of Higher Ed | Judy Berman | August 19, 2021 | TimeLawmakers aren’t able to anticipate and mediate every dispute over records, which is why the California Public Records Act has plenty of uncertainty.
Appellate Court Says San Diego County Can Keep COVID-19 Outbreak Data Secret | Jesse Marx | August 3, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoThey know that the metrics are influential, their day-to-day experience is totally mediated by data.
Rebalancing the data economy: Startups for a restart | Francesca Fanshawe | July 1, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewYet Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Cairo to thank el-Sissi for mediating the peace deal.
You could also invest in a reputable carbon offset program to mediate the emissions from your plant’s trip.
How to ship your beloved houseplants across the country without killing them | John Kennedy | June 22, 2021 | Popular-Science
The deputy offered by Leung to mediate, Carrie Lam, is also hated by many.
I know for a fact that in my own case Oman was asked to mediate on our behalf directly by the US government.
One Former Hostage Says Negotiate With ISIS, And Pay Ransoms If You Must | Sarah Shourd | September 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI would try to mediate his feuds with other teachers or the more authoritarian vice principal before they blew up.
He Was My Favorite Student, and They Say He Killed a Baby | Brandy Zadrozny | September 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSavile allegedly helped to mediate between Charles and Diana as their marriage foundered.
Prince Charles Provided Free House To Bishop Arrested in UK Child Abuse Probe | Tom Sykes | November 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe fight was so harsh that Jiang Zemin [the former president] had to mediate.
China: Xi Jinping Was Under Pressure Before Disappearance | The Telegraph | September 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe critic steps in between this satirist and the poet—steps in to mediate.
These bodies were composed of the mediate prelates, the mediate nobles and representatives of the mediate cities.
Maximilian found time to make earnest but unavailing efforts to mediate between his cousin, Philip II.
We may also classify knowledge from another point of view as necessary (or immediate), and demonstrated (or mediate).
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy | Isaac HusikIt is right that in the designs of nature pleasure should only be a mediate end, or a means; but for art it is the highest end.
The Aesthetical Essays | Friedrich Schiller
British Dictionary definitions for mediate
(intr; usually foll by between or in) to intervene (between parties or in a dispute) in order to bring about agreement
to bring about (an agreement)
to bring about (an agreement) between parties in a dispute
to resolve (differences) by mediation
(intr) to be in a middle or intermediate position
(tr) to serve as a medium for causing (a result) or transferring (objects, information, etc)
occurring as a result of or dependent upon mediation
a rare word for intermediate
logic (of an inference) having more than one premise, esp, being syllogistic in form
Origin of mediate
1Derived forms of mediate
- mediately, adverb
- mediateness, noun
- mediative, mediatory or mediatorial, adjective
- mediator, noun
- mediatorially, adverb
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Scientific definitions for mediate
[ mē′dē-āt′ ]
To effect or convey a force between subatomic particles. The gauge bosons, for example, mediate the four fundamental forces of nature.
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