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mediated
[ mee-dee-ey-tid ]
adjective
- (of disputes, strikes, etc.) settled or resolved with the help of an intermediary:
In the 15 years in which he has served as a mediator, he has settled over 90% of his mediated disputes.
- (of an agreement, truce, settlement, etc.) brought about with the help of an intermediary between parties:
A mediated divorce is much cheaper than negotiating through lawyers or going to court.
- indirectly experienced, effected, or conveyed; happening by means of or through someone or something else:
I see technology as any mediated form of communication, rather than face-to-face communication.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of mediate ( def ).
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Other Words From
- un·me·di·at·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mediated1
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Example Sentences
But, she said, “police aren’t the answer to solving these problems,” and she described a program in her school to mediate disputes and fights without involving law enforcement.
The most mundane processes, from walnut picking to potato breeding, are technologically mediated from top to bottom and are only becoming more so.
We are currently working with both parties to mediate a negotiated Stipulated Election Agreement setting forth the date and method of the election.
Models need to incorporate the systematic and structural features of societies that determine how both policies and physical space mediate disease spread.
Few would dispute that Spears’s medical status is her own business and not information the public has any right to, but fans are troubled by how heavily mediated her access to the public appears to be.
Even among those who support safety net programs, the level and degree of support is mediated by racial perceptions.
El Zomor said the Islamists had become more flexible on key issues and that mediated communication with the army is ongoing.
This frequently led to heated exchanges between the guest and the public which Frost mediated with great, impromptu skill.
Indeed, neither Israelis nor Palestinians believe in the U.S.-mediated negotiations.
Think of the deep, human connections forged, mediated by first and last names!
Such a purification from all earthly dross is mediated, according to the ideas of India, by fire.
The influence of saga and poetry is only secondary, being, at best, mediated through cult.
The meaning is that they could not flee from His presence, though Moses mediated between Him and the people.
He was the Priest who mediated gladly between the least one and the greatest One.
The one important action of his reign was that of a peacemaker, when he mediated between Venice and the King of Anjou.
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