English Explanatory Dictionary

intermediate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.
noun
  1. Anything in an intermediate position.
  2. An intermediary.
  3. An automobile that is larger than a compact but smaller than a full-sized car.
  4. Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.
  5. Any such substance that is produced and sold to commercial customers (business-to-business sales) as an input to other chemical processes.
  6. A kind of tyre with relatively light grooving, used for conditions between fully dry and fully wet.
verb
  1. To mediate, to be an intermediate.
  2. To arrange, in the manner of a broker.

Pronunciation

/ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intermediate (adj, noun).wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intermediate (verb).wav ĭn-tər-mē'dē-ət /ˌɪn.tɚˈmi.di.ət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-intermediate.wav /ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.diˌeɪt/ /ˌɪn.tɚˈmi.di.eɪt/

Word forms

intermediate more intermediate most intermediate intermediates intermediating intermediated

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin intermediātus, perfect passive participle of intermediō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), further from intermedius (“intermediate”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Synonyms

average intermediate middle middling mild medium moderate mid-size

Antonyms

extreme intense

Related words

small big

Derived words

dorsointermediate higher intermediate fare higher intermediate point intermediacy intermediate black hole intermediate cuneiform bone intermediate egret intermediate filament intermediate frequency intermediate language intermediately intermediate mass black hole intermediate nerve intermediateness intermediate phalange intermediate phalanx intermediate school intermediate scrutiny intermediate switch intermediate time intermediate value theorem intermediate vector boson intermediate-velocity logamediate neurointermediate nonintermediate phosphointermediate photointermediate posterointermediate reactive intermediate unintermediate ventrointermediate intermediation intermediatory

Translations

Bulgarian: междинен продукт Czech: meziprodukt Finnish: välituote German: Zwischenprodukt Indonesian: zat antara Polish: półprodukt Swedish: intermediär
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