intermediate
pronunciation
How to pronounce intermediate in British English:
UK [ˌɪntəˈmiːdiət]
How to pronounce intermediate in American English:
US [ˌɪntərˈmiːdiət]
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- Noun:
- a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
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- Verb:
- act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
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- Adjective:
- lying between two extremes in time or space or degree
- around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures
Word Origin
- intermediate
- intermediate: see medium
- intermediate (adj.)
- early 15c., from Medieval Latin intermediatus "lying between," from Latin intermedius "that which is between," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + medius "in the middle" (see medial (adj.)).
- intermediate (v.)
- c. 1600, from inter- + mediate (v.). Related: Intermediated; intermediating.
Example
- 1. West texas intermediate oil now fetches $ 70 .
- 2. Your correspondent 's father is a solidly intermediate computer user .
- 3. The level was usually quite high upper intermediate or advanced .
- 4. Grey indicates high clouds , and brown indicates clouds at intermediate altitudes
- 5. Aniline , according to the u.s. environmental protection agency , is an oily but colorless and water soluble chemical intermediate that is a probable carcinogen .