Intermediate
WordNet
adjective
(1) Lying between two extremes in time or space or degree
"Going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"
"Intermediate stages in a process"
"Intermediate stops on the route"
"An intermediate level"
(2) Around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures
"An orange of average size"
"Intermediate capacity"
"A plane with intermediate range"
"Medium bombers"
noun
(3) A substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
verb
(4) Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
"He interceded in the family dispute"
"He mediated a settlement"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
Noun
- anything in an intermediate position
- an intermediary
- any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product
Verb
- to mediate, to be an intermediate
- to arrange, in the manner of a broker
- Central banks need to regulate the entities that intermediate monetary transactions.