Definition of intermediate Intermediate

/ɪˌntɚmiˈdiɪt/ - [intermeedeeit] - in•ter•me•di•ate

We found 14 definitions of intermediate from 6 different sources.

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: intermediates

intermediate - a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained

Adjective

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
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • intermediate (Noun)
    Anything in an intermediate position.
  • intermediate (Noun)
    An intermediary.
  • intermediate (Noun)
    Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end- product.
  • intermediate (Verb)
    To mediate, to be an intermediate.
  • intermediate (Verb)
    To arrange, in the manner of a broker.
  • intermediate (Adjective)
    Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • intermediate (a.)
    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.
  • intermediate (v. i.)
    To come between; to intervene; to interpose.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • intermediate
    Occurring between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • intermediate
    in-tėr-mē′di-āt, adj. in the middle between: intervening—also Intermē′diary, Intermē′dial.—ns. Intermē′diacy, state of being intermediate; Intermē′diary, an intermediate agent.—adv. Intermē′diately.—n. Intermediā′tion, act of intermediating; Intermē′dium, a medium between: an intervening agent or instrument

Part of speech

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  • intermediate, verb, present, 1st person singular of intermediate (infinitive).
  • intermediate, verb (infinitive).
  • intermediate, noun, singular of intermediates.

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