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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
mi
di
eIt
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| inflections: |
mediates, mediating, mediated |
| definition 1: |
to act as an intermediary in (a dispute) or bring about (an agreement).
The mayor mediated the dispute between the school district and the teachers' union.The lawyer mediated the agreement between the two sides.- similar words:
- accord, arbitrate, interpose, moderate, referee, umpire
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| definition 2: |
to act as an agent or means of bringing about, transmitting, or conveying.
- similar words:
- arrange, negotiate
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| related words: |
reconcile |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
mi
di
eIt
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| definition 1: |
to act as an intermediary, as between contending parties.
The therapist mediated between the quarreling husband and wife.- synonyms:
- intercede, interpose
- similar words:
- arbitrate, intermediate, intervene, moderate, negotiate, referee, umpire
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| definition 2: |
to occupy a position in the middle.
- similar words:
- intervene
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| related words: |
decide |
adverb + (v.)mediate
culturally, fully, historically, largely, necessarily, partially, partly, significantly, socially, successfully
(v.)mediate
+ adverb
part
(v.)mediate
+ noun
achievement,
adjustment,
anxiety,
attachment,
attribution,
characteristic,
communication,
complaint,
compromise,
conflict,
consciousness,
contact,
crisis,
difference,
disagreement,
discourse,
dispute,
divorce,
effect,
emotion,
engagement,
expectancy,
experience,
expression,
extreme,
grace,
human,
impact,
influence,
institution,
interaction,
judgment,
knowledge,
learning,
link,
meaning,
mystery,
negotiation,
pathway,
peace,
perception,
presence,
process,
reaction,
reality,
relation,
relationship,
representation,
response,
ritual,
self-control,
settlement,
solution,
stress,
structure,
talk,
tension,
variable
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| pronunciation: |
mi
di
iht
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| definition: |
involving or effecting by means of an intermediary; not direct.
- similar words:
- indirect
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| derivation: |
mediator (n.) |
The word mediate
contains the following parts:
medi
Latin
root
that means middle
  Example words:
immediate, intermediary, intermediate, media1, mediaeval, medial, median, mediant, mediate, medieval, mediocre, Mediterranean, medium
- synonyms:
- meso-
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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