Quick Definition: settle a dispute through the services of an outsider; act as an intermediary; produce by mediating; Ex. mediate a cease-fire
mediate (
mē'dē-āt')
v.,
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-ating,
-ates.
v.tr.- To resolve or settle (differences) by working with all the conflicting parties: mediate a labor-management dispute.
- To bring about (a settlement, for example) by working with all the conflicting parties.
- To effect or convey as an intermediate agent or mechanism.
v.intr.- To intervene between two or more disputants in order to bring about an agreement, a settlement, or a compromise.
- To settle or reconcile differences.
- To have a relation to two differing persons or things.
adj. (
-ĭt)
- Acting through, involving, or dependent on an intervening agency.
- Being in a middle position.
[Late Latin mediāre, mediāt-, to be in the middle, from Latin medius, middle.]
me'diately (
-ĭt-lē)
adv. mediate v Definition: try to bring to an agreement
Antonyms: argue, contend, disagree, fight
mediate (
mē'dē-āt')
v.,
-ated,
-ating,
-ates.
To effect or convey as an intermediate agent or mechanism.
adj. (
-ĭt)
Being in a middle position.
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words. The verb mediate has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
Synonyms: intercede, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate
Meaning #2: occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
The adjective mediate has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: acting through or dependent on an intervening agency
Antonym: immediate (meaning #2)
Meaning #2: being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
Synonyms: in-between, middle
Mediate
Mediate is a song by INXS from their 1987 album, Kick.
The song was never released as a single, but there was a video for it, which followed Need You Tonight. Both the video and the song pay homage to Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues, as the members flip cue cards with words from the song on them, followed by Kirk Pengilly with a saxophone solo.
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Translations for: Mediate Nederlands (Dutch)
bemiddelen, overbrengen, middel-, midden-, d.m.v. een bemiddelaar, indirect
Franais (French)
arbitrer, ngocier
Deutsch (German)
v. - vermitteln
adj. - mittelbar, in der Mitte
ή (Greek)
v. ώ
Italiano (Italian)
mediare
Portugus (Portuguese)
v. - ser intermedirio de
Русский (Russian)
посредничать, опосредованный, промежуточный, быть медиумом
Espaol (Spanish)
v. tr. - mediar, efectuar u obtener por mediacin, intermediar
v. intr. - mediar, interponerse, intervenir, actuar de intermediario
adj. - mediato
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - medla, utgra ett mellanled, frmedla
中国话 (Simplified Chinese)
v. tr. - 斡旋, 调停
v. intr. - 调解, 居中, 斡旋
adj. - 居间的, 间接的
中國話 (Traditional Chinese)
v. tr. - 斡旋, 調停
v. intr. - 調解, 居中, 斡旋
adj. - 居間的, 間接的
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 調停する, 取り次ぐ, 介在する
adj. - 仲介の, 間接の
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يتوسط
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - פישר, תיווך, יישב, הסדיר, קשר בין לבין
v. intr. - פישר, יישב, הסדיר
adj. - מחובר באופן לא ישיר, כרוך בתיווך
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