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Adjective: intermediate  `intu(r)'meedee`ut
  1. 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"
     
  2. Around the middle of a scale of evaluation
    "intermediate capacity"
    - average, medium
Noun: intermediate  `intu(r)'meedee`ut
  1. A substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
Verb: intermediate  `intu(r)'meedee`eyt
  1. Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
    - intercede, mediate, liaise, arbitrate

Derived forms: intermediated, intermediating, intermediates

See also: antepenultimate, gray [US], grey [Brit, Cdn], halfway, in-between, intermediation, intermediator, junior, mediate, middle, moderate, next-to-last, penultimate, second-year, sophomore [N. Amer], subterminal, third-year

Type of: chemical, chemical substance, negotiate, talk terms

Antonym: terminal

Encyclopedia: Intermediate