Meaning of intermediate in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  4. Noun
    1. Definitions
  5. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmidiət/

    US accent Play button

    UK accent

  1. Verb

    intermediate

    Definitions

    1. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences

    Examples

    • « He interceded in the family dispute »
    • « He mediated a settlement »

    Derived terms

  2. Classifying Adjective

    intermediate

    Definitions

    1. around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures

    Examples

    • « an orange of average size »
    • « intermediate capacity »
    • « a plane with intermediate range »
    • « medium bombers »

    Synonyms

  3. Noun

    intermediate

    Definitions

    1. a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained

  4. Qualitative Adjective

    intermediate

    Etymology

    late Middle English: from medieval Latin intermediatus, from Latin intermedius, from inter-‘between’ + medius‘middle’

    Definitions

    1. lying between two extremes in time or space or degree

    Examples

    • « going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands »
    • « intermediate stages in a process »
    • « intermediate stops on the route »
    • « an intermediate level »

    Synonyms

    Antonyms

Famous quotes

  • « Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age. »
    Ambrose Bierce

Browse dictionary