intermediate

English Online Dictionary. What means intermediate‎? What does intermediate mean?

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin intermediatus, past participle of intermediare, from inter + Late Latin mediare (“to mediate”); also Latin intermedius.

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • (adjective, noun): IPA^(key): /ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/
  • (verb): IPA^(key): /ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.diˌeɪt/
• (US)
  • (adjective, noun): enPR: ĭn-tər-mē'dē-ət, IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tɚˈmi.di.ət/
  • (verb): IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tɚˈmi.di.eɪt/

Adjective

intermediate (comparative more intermediate, superlative most intermediate)

1. Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:intermediate

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Noun

intermediate (plural intermediates)

1. Anything in an intermediate position.
2. An intermediary.
3. An automobile that is larger than a compact but smaller than a full-sized car.

   Synonym: mid-size

4. (chemistry) Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.
   1. (chemical industries) Any such substance that is produced and sold to commercial customers (business-to-business sales) as an input to other chemical processes.

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Verb

intermediate (third-person singular simple present intermediates, present participle intermediating, simple past and past participle intermediated)

1. (intransitive) To mediate, to be an intermediate.
2. (transitive) To arrange, in the manner of a broker.

   Central banks need to regulate the entities that intermediate monetary transactions.

Derived terms

• intermediation
• intermediatory

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Spanish

Verb

intermediate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of intermediar combined with te