mediate
pronunciation
How to pronounce mediate in British English:
UK [ˈmiːdieɪt]
How to pronounce mediate in American English:
US [ˈmiːdieɪt]
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- Verb:
- act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
- occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
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- Adjective:
- acting through or dependent on an intervening agency
- being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
Word Origin
- mediate
- mediate: see medium
- mediate (v.)
- 1540s, "divide in two equal parts," probably a back-formation from mediation or mediator, or else from Latin mediatus, past participle of mediare. Meaning "act as a mediator" is from 1610s; that of "settle by mediation" is from 1560s. Related: Mediated, mediates, mediating.
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Example
- 1. Board members stepped in to try to mediate a truce .
- 2. National leaders tried to mediate .
- 3. Elsewhere , brazilia has teamed up with ankara in an effort to mediate in the stand-off about iran 's nuclear ambitions .
- 4. During the crisis , turkey has strengthened its relations with hamas and is hoping to mediate between it and the palestinian authority .
- 5. Outside attempts to mediate , mainly by egypt but also by saudi arabia and qatar , have floundered .