/ɪˌntɚmiˈdiɪt/ - [intermeedeeit] - in•ter•me•di•ate
We found 14 definitions of intermediate from 6 different sources.
NounPlural: intermediates |
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intermediate - a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained | ||
Adjective |
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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" | ||
terminal causing or ending in or approaching death; "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer" | ||
gray, grey of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair" | ||
halfway including only half or a portion; "halfway measures" | ||
in-between, mediate, middle 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, next-to-last, junior used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college; "the junior class"; "a third-year student" | ||
penultimate, next-to-last 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" | ||
intermediate - around the middle of a scale of evaluation; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers" | ||
average, medium |