intermediate
Meanings
Plural: intermediates
Noun
- a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
- Anything in an intermediate position.
- An intermediary.
- An automobile that is larger than a compact but smaller than a full-sized car.
- Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.
- Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.
- Any such substance that is produced and sold to commercial customers (business-to-business sales) as an input to other chemical processes.
- A kind of tyre with relatively light grooving, used for conditions between fully dry and fully wet.
Verb
- act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
- To mediate, to be an intermediate.
- To arrange, in the manner of a broker.
Adjective
- 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"
Adjective Satellite
- around the middle of a scale of evaluation
- "intermediate capacity"
Adj
- Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin intermediātus, perfect passive participle of intermediō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), further from intermedius (“intermediate”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Synonyms
arbitrate, average, intercede, intermediate, liaise, mediate, medium, mid-size, middle, middling, mild, moderate
Scrabble Score: 15
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