Definition of mediate Mediate

/miˈdiejˌt/ - [meedeeeyt] - me•di•ate

We found 18 definitions of mediate from 5 different sources.

What does mediate mean?

Verb mediates, mediating, mediated
mediate - occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate between the old and the new"
		lie tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"
mediate - act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"
		intercede, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate
		talk terms, negotiate, negociate succeed in passing through, around, or over; "The hiker negociated the high mountain pass"
Adjective mediate, mediater, mediatest
mediate - acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"
		immediate having no intervening medium; "an immediate influence"
		immediateness, immediacy lack of an intervening or mediating agency; "the immediacy of television coverage"
		indirect not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing"
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"
		in-between, middle

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mediate (Verb)
To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties.
mediate (Verb)
To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement.
mediate (Verb)
To divide into two equal parts.
mediate (Adjective)
Acting through a mediating agency.
mediate (Adjective)
intermediate between extremes.

mediate (a.)
Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.
mediate (a.)
Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument; not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening agent or condition.
mediate (a.)
Gained or effected by a medium or condition.
mediate (a.)
To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene.
mediate (a.)
To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each, esp. for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation or agreement; as, to mediate between nations.
mediate (v. t.)
To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.
mediate (v. t.)
To divide into two equal parts.

mediate
To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties.

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mediate in sign language