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Intermediate

//ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.

    "Then, being on his knees between my thighs, he drew up his ſhirt, and bared all his hairy thighs, and ſtiff ſtaring truncheon, red-topt, and rooted into a thicket of curls, which cover’d his belly to his navel, and gave it the air of a fleſh-bruſh: and ſoon I felt it joining cloſe to mine, when he had drove the nail up to the head, and left no partition but the intermediate hair on both ſides."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lying between two extremes in time or space or state wordnet
  2. 2
    around the middle of a scale of evaluation wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Anything in an intermediate position.

    "In Oklahoma, an intermediate license holder may not carry more than one non-family member in the vehicle unless accompanied in the front seat by a licensed driver over 21 years of age."

  2. 2
    a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained wordnet
  3. 3
    An intermediary.
  4. 4
    An automobile that is larger than a compact but smaller than a full-sized car.
  5. 5
    Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.
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  1. 6
    Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.; Any such substance that is produced and sold to commercial customers (business-to-business sales) as an input to other chemical processes.
  2. 7
    A kind of tyre with relatively light grooving, used for conditions between fully dry and fully wet.

    "Light rain was coming so he chose intermediate tyres."

Verb
  1. 1
    To mediate, to be an intermediate. intransitive
  2. 2
    act between parties with a view to reconciling differences wordnet
  3. 3
    To arrange, in the manner of a broker. transitive

    "Central banks need to regulate the entities that intermediate monetary transactions."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin intermediātus, perfect passive participle of intermediō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), further from intermedius (“intermediate”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

From a substantivization of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Medieval Latin intermediātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

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