mediate

me·di·ate

 (mē′dē-āt′)

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.

a. To effect or convey as an intermediate agent or mechanism: chemicals that mediate inflammation.

b. Physics To convey (a force) between subatomic particles.

v.intr.

1. To work with two or more disputants in order to bring about an agreement, settlement, or compromise.

2. To settle or reconcile differences: "[George] Eliot's effort to mediate between the conflicting demands of representation and readability in the [novel's] dialect usage" (Carol A. Martin).

3. To have a relation to two differing persons, groups, or things: psychological processes that mediate between stimulus and response.

adj. (-ĭt)

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

2. Being in a middle position.

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

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me′di·ate·ly (-ĭt-lē) adv.

me′di·a′tion (-ā′shən) n.

me′di·a′tive, me′di·a·to′ry (mē′dē-ə-tôr′ē) adj.

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mediate

vb

1. (intr; usually foll by between or in) to intervene (between parties or in a dispute) in order to bring about agreement

2. to bring about (an agreement)

3. to bring about (an agreement) between parties in a dispute

4. to resolve (differences) by mediation

5. (intr) to be in a middle or intermediate position

6. (tr) to serve as a medium for causing (a result) or transferring (objects, information, etc)

adj

7. occurring as a result of or dependent upon mediation

8. a rare word for intermediate

9. (Logic) logic (of an inference) having more than one premise, esp, being syllogistic in form

[C16: from Late Latin mediāre to be in the middle]

ˈmediately adv

ˈmediateness n

ˈmediative, ˈmediatory, ˌmediaˈtorial adj

ˈmediˌator n

ˌmediaˈtorially adv

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me•di•ate

(v. ˈmi diˌeɪt; adj. -ɪt)

v. -at•ed, -at•ing,
adj. v.t.

1. to settle (a dispute) as an intermediary.

2. to bring about by serving as intermediary: to mediate a settlement.

3. to convey by or as if by an intermediary.

v.i.

4. to act between parties to effect an agreement.

5. to reconcile disagreements.

adj.

6. involving an intermediate agency; not direct.

[1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin mediātus, past participle of mediāre to be in the middle, intercede. See medium, -ate¹]

me′di•a`tive (-ˌeɪ tɪv, -ə tɪv) me′di•a•to`ry (-əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj.

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mediate

Past participle: mediated
Gerund: mediating

Imperative

mediate

mediate

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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 UN officials mediated between the two sides.

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Translations

يَتَوَسَّط بَين فَريقَيْن

prostředkovat

mægle

vermitteln

arbitrarmediar

posredovati

miîla málum

mediaremediatomediatoremediazioneindiretto

būt par starpnieku

sprostredkovať

hakemlik/arabuluculuk yapmak

调停

mediate

[ˈmiːdɪeɪt]

A. VI → mediar (between, in entre en)

B. VT [+ talks] → mediar en, actuar de mediador en; [+ dispute] → mediar en, arbitrar; [+ agreement] → conseguir mediante mediación

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mediate

[ˈmiːdieɪt] vi (= act as mediator) → servir d'intermédiaire
to mediate between two sides → servir d'intermédiaire entre deux parties

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mediate

¹

adj (rare) → mittelbar

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mediate

²

vi → vermitteln

vt settlement → aushandeln, herbeiführen

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mediate

[ˈmiːdɪˌeɪt]

1. vi → fare da mediatore/trice

2. vt (settlement) → mediare

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mediate

(ˈmiːdieit) verb

to try to settle a dispute between people who are disagreeing. The United States is trying to mediate (in the dispute) between these two countries. bemiddel يَتَوَسَّط بَين فَريقَيْن помирявам mediar (z)prostředkovat vermitteln mægle μεσολαβώmediar, servir de intermediario vahendama میانجی گری کردن sovitella agir en médiateur/-trice לְתַווֵך मध्यस्थ का काम करना posredovati közvetít menengahi miðla málum mediare, fare da mediatore 調停する 중재하다 tarpininkauti būt par starpnieku menjadi orang tengah bemiddelenmekle pośredniczyć د دوه كسو په مينځ كښى سوله راوستل servir de medianeiro a media посредничать sprostredkovať posredovati posredovati medla เป็นผู้ไกล่เกลี่ย hakemlik/arabuluculuk yapmak 調停 бути посередником ثالثی کرنا làm trung gian hoà giải 调停

ˌmediˈation noun

bemiddeling تَوَسُّط بين فَريقَيْن مُتَخاصِمَيْن помиряване mediação (z)prostředkování die Vermittlung mægling μεσολάβησηmediación vahendus میانجیگری sovittelu médiationתיווך बीचबचाव करना posredništvo közvetítés penengahan málamiðlun mediazione 調停 중재 tarpininkavimas starpniecība perantaraan bemiddelingmekling, mediasjon mediacja سوليزه پريكړه كول mediação mediere посредничество sprostredkovanie posredovanje medijacija medling, medlande การอยู่ตรงกลาง aracılık 調解 посередництво ثالثی sự hòa giải 调解

ˈmediator noun

bemiddelaar وَسيط помирител mediador prostředník, -ice der Vermittler mægler; mellemmand μεσολαβητήςmediador, intercesor vahendaja میانجیگر sovittelija médiateur/-trice מתווך बीचबचाव करने वाला posrednik közvetítő penengah málamiðlari mediatore, mediatrice 調停者 중재자 tarpininkas starpnieks orang tengah bemiddelaarmellommann, meklermediator سوليزه پريكړه كونكى medianeiro mediator; intermediar посредник sprostredkovateľ, -ka posredovalec medijator medlare, fredsmäklare ผู้เป็นสื่อกลาง hakem, arabulucu kimse 調停者 посередник ثالث بالخیر người hoà giải 调停者

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me·di·ate

vt. mediar, interceder.

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