Dictionary Definition
mediate adj
1 acting through or dependent on an intervening
agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"
[ant: immediate]
2 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" [syn: in-between,
middle]
Verb
1 act between parties with a view to reconciling
differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a
settlement" [syn: intercede, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate]
2 occupy an intermediate or middle position or
form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate
between the old and the new"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
- to resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties
- to intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement
Translations
(transitive) to resolve differences, or to bring
about a settlement, between conflicting parties
- Finnish: sovitella, toimia välittäjänä
- German: schlichten
- Italian: mediare
to intervene between conflicting parties in
order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement
- German: vermitteln
- Italian: mediare
Adjective
mediate- acting through a mediating agency
- intermediate between extremes
Italian
Adjective
mediate pVerb
mediate- second-person plural present tense of mediare
- second-person plural present subjunctive of mediare
- second-person plural imperative of mediare
- feminine plural past participle of mediare
Extensive Definition
Mediate may refer to:
- "Mediate" (song), by INXS
- Mediate, to assist two disputants in reaching an agreement, in mediation
- Domenic Mediate, professional soccer player
- Rocco Mediate, professional golfer
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accommodate, act between,
act for, adjust, advance, arbitrate, arrange matters,
assist, bargain, be instrumental, bring
to terms, bring together, compose, compromise, facilitate, fix up, forward, go between, harmonize, heal the breach,
intercede, interfere, intermediate, interpose, intervene, judge, make terms, meet halfway,
minister to, moderate,
negotiate, patch
things up, promote, put
in tune, reconcile,
referee, represent, resolve, restore harmony,
reunite, serve, settle, settle differences,
smooth it over, step in, subserve, treat with, umpire, weave peace
between