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Meaning of 'intermediate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Intermediate [ a.]
- Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors.
2 . Intermediate [ v. i.]
- To come between; to intervene; to interpose.

Meaning of 'intermediate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . intermediate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
Example in sentence:
  • He interceded in the family dispute;
  • He mediated a settlement
2 . intermediate [ a]
Meaning (2):
- lying between two extremes in time or space or state
Example in sentence:
  • an intermediate range plane;
  • going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands;
  • intermediate stages in a process;
  • intermediate stops on the route
3 . intermediate [ s]
Meaning (3):
- around the middle of a scale of evaluation
Example in sentence:
  • an orange of average size;
  • intermediate capacity;
  • medium bombers

Nearby Words:

intact intactable intactible intagli intagliated intaglio intaglius intail intake intaminated

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