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me·di·ate
 (mē′dē-āt′)v. me·di·at·ed, me·di·at·ing, me·di·ates
v.tr.
1. To resolve or settle (differences) by working with all the conflicting parties: mediate a labor-management dispute.
2. To bring about (a settlement, for example) by working with all the conflicting parties.
3.
a. To effect or convey as an intermediate agent or mechanism: chemicals that mediate inflammation.
b. Physics To convey (a force) between subatomic particles.
v.intr.
1. To work with two or more disputants in order to bring about an agreement, settlement, or compromise.
2. To settle or reconcile differences: "[George] Eliot's effort to mediate between the conflicting demands of representation and readability in the [novel's] dialect usage" (Carol A. Martin).
3. To have a relation to two differing persons, groups, or things: psychological processes that mediate between stimulus and response.
adj. (-ĭt)
1. Acting through, involving, or dependent on an intervening agency.
2. Being in a middle position.
[Late Latin mediāre, mediāt-, to be in the middle, from Latin medius, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots.]
me′di·ate·ly (-ĭt-lē) adv.
me′di·a′tion (-ā′shən) n.
me′di·a′tive, me′di·a·to′ry (mē′dē-ə-tôr′ē) adj.
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mediate
vb
1. (intr; usually foll by between or in) to intervene (between parties or in a dispute) in order to bring about agreement
2. to bring about (an agreement)
3. to bring about (an agreement) between parties in a dispute
4. to resolve (differences) by mediation
5. (intr) to be in a middle or intermediate position
6. (tr) to serve as a medium for causing (a result) or transferring (objects, information, etc)
adj
7. occurring as a result of or dependent upon mediation
8. a rare word for intermediate
9. (Logic) logic (of an inference) having more than one premise, esp, being syllogistic in form
[C16: from Late Latin mediÄre to be in the middle]
ˈmediately adv
ˈmediateness n
ˈmediative, ˈmediatory, ˌmediaˈtorial adj
ˈmediˌator n
ˌmediaˈtorially adv
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me•di•ate
(v. ˈmi diˌeɪt; adj. -ɪt)v. -at•ed, -at•ing,
adj. v.t.
1. to settle (a dispute) as an intermediary.
2. to bring about by serving as intermediary: to mediate a settlement.
3. to convey by or as if by an intermediary.
v.i. 4. to act between parties to effect an agreement.
5. to reconcile disagreements.
adj. 6. involving an intermediate agency; not direct.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin mediātus, past participle of mediāre to be in the middle, intercede. See medium, -ate1]
me′di•a`tive (-ˌeɪ tɪv, -ə tɪv) me′di•a•to`ry (-əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj.
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mediate
Past participle: mediated
Gerund: mediating
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| Verb | 1. |  mediate - act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"negotiate, talk terms, negociate - discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house" |
| 2. |  mediate - occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate between the old and the new"lie - be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position | |
| Adj. | 1. | mediate - acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact" immediate - having no intervening medium; "an immediate influence" |
| 2. |  mediate - being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series; "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line"intermediate - lying between two extremes in time or space or state; "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate range plane" |
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mediate
verb intervene, moderate, step in (informal), intercede, settle, referee, resolve, umpire, reconcile, arbitrate, interpose, conciliate, make peace, restore harmony, act as middleman, bring to terms, bring to an agreement UN officials mediated between the two sides.
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Translations
يَتَوَسَّط بَين Ùَريقَيْن
prostředkovat
mægle
posredovati
miîla málum
būt par starpnieku
sprostredkovať
hakemlik/arabuluculuk yapmak
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mediate
[ˈmiːdieɪt] vi (= act as mediator) → servir d'intermédiaireto mediate between two sides → servir d'intermédiaire entre deux parties
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mediate
(ˈmiËdieit) verb to try to settle a dispute between people who are disagreeing. The United States is trying to mediate (in the dispute) between these two countries.
ˌmediˈation nounˈmediator noun
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me·di·ate
vt. mediar, interceder.
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