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Entry 6 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Intermediate

/ĭn-tər-mē'dē-ət/ · In·ter·me·di·ate · IPA /ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/
01 a. Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an…
  1. 1.
    Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors.
  2. 2.
    Of or pertaining to an intermediate school; as, intermediate education.
Phrases & compounds
Intermediate state — the state or condition of the soul between the death and the resurrection of the body.
Intermediate terms — the terms of a progression or series between the first and the last (which are called the extremes); the means.
Intermediate tie — Same as Intertie.
02 v. i. To come between; to intervene; to interpose.
  1. 1.
    To come between; to intervene; to interpose.
03 n. A person who intermediates between others, especially in negotiations; an intermediary; a mediator.
  1. 1.
    A person who intermediates between others, especially in negotiations; an intermediary; a mediator.
  2. 2.
    Something that is intermediate.
  3. 3.
    A compound which is produced in the course of a chemical synthesis, which is not itself the final product, but is used in further reactions which produce the final product; also called synthetic intermediate, intermediate compound or intermediate product; -- contrasted to starting material and end product or final product. There may be many different intermediates between the starting material and end product in the course of a complex synthesis; as, many industrial chemicals are produced primarily to be used as intermediates in other syntheses.(Chem.) Also: synthetic intermediate, intermediate compound, intermediate product