mediate (redirected from mediating)

me·di·ate  (md-t)

v. me·di·at·ed, me·di·at·ing, me·di·ates

v.tr.

1. To resolve or settle (differences) by working with all the conflicting parties: mediate a labor-management dispute.

2. To bring about (a settlement, for example) by working with all the conflicting parties.

3. To effect or convey as an intermediate agent or mechanism.

v.intr.

1. To intervene between two or more disputants in order to bring about an agreement, a settlement, or a compromise.

2. To settle or reconcile differences.

3. To have a relation to two differing persons or things.

adj. (-t)

1. Acting through, involving, or dependent on an intervening agency.

2. Being in a middle position.

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[Late Latin medire, medit-, to be in the middle, from Latin medius, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots.]

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medi·ate·ly (-t-l) adv.

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mediate [mee-dee-ate]

Verb

[-ating, -ated]

1. to intervene between people or in a dispute in order to bring about agreement

2. to resolve differences by mediation

3. to be changed slightly by (an experience or event): clients' attitudes to social workers have often been mediated by their past experiences [Late Latin mediare to be in the middle]

mediation n
mediator n

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mediate  (md-t)

To effect or convey a force between subatomic particles. The gauge bosons, for example, mediate the four fundamental forces of nature.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	mediate - act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement" arbitrate, intercede, intermediate, liaise negotiate, talk terms, negociate - discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house"
	2.	mediate - occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate between the old and the new" lie - be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
Adj.	1.	mediate - acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact" immediate - having no intervening medium; "an immediate influence"
	2.	mediate - 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" in-between, middle intermediate - 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"

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mediate

verb intervene, moderate, step in (informal) intercede, settle, referee, resolve, umpire, reconcile, arbitrate, interpose, conciliate, make peace, restore harmony, act as middleman, bring to terms, bring to an agreement

Translations

mediate [ˈmiːdɪeɪt] vi → mediar

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mediate [ˈmiːdɪeɪt] vi → servir d'intermédiaire

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mediate [ˈmiːdɪeɪt] vi → vermitteln

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mediate [ˈmiːdɪeɪt] vi → interporsi; fare da mediatore/trice