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n. (substance) | 1. intermediate | a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained. |
| ~ chemical, chemical substance | material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules. |
v. (communication) | 2. arbitrate, intercede, intermediate, liaise, mediate | act between parties with a view to reconciling differences.; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement" |
| ~ negotiate, talk terms, negociate | discuss the terms of an arrangement.; "They negotiated the sale of the house" |
adj. | 3. 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" |
| ~ gray, grey | intermediate in character or position.; "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal" |
| ~ halfway | at a point midway between two extremes.; "at the halfway mark" |
| ~ in-between, middle, 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" |
| ~ third-year, junior, next-to-last | used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college.; "the junior class"; "a third-year student" |
| ~ next-to-last, penultimate | next to the last.; "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the next-to-last column" |
| ~ second-year, sophomore | used of the second year in United States high school or college.; "the sophomore class"; "his sophomore year" |
| ~ subterminal | near but not precisely at an end.; "a subterminal band of color on the tail feathers" |
| ~ antepenultimate | third from last. |
adj. | 4. average, intermediate, medium | around the middle of a scale of evaluation.; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers" |
| ~ moderate | being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme.; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart" |
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