Synonyms: intermediate
Definition: a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
Similar words: chemical, chemical substance
Definition: material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules
Synonyms: arbitrate, intercede, intermediate, mediate, liaise
Definition: act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
Usage: He interceded in the family dispute; He mediated a settlement
Similar words: negociate, negotiate, talk terms
Definition: discuss the terms of an arrangement
Usage: They negotiated the sale of the house
Synonyms: intermediate
Definition: lying between two extremes in time or space or state
Usage: 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
Definition: intermediate in character or position
Usage: a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal
Similar words: halfway
Definition: at a point midway between two extremes
Usage: at the halfway mark
Similar words: in-between, mediate, middle
Definition: being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
Usage: adolescence is an awkward in-between age; in a mediate position; the middle point on a line
Similar words: junior, next-to-last, third-year
Definition: used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college
Usage: the junior class; a third-year student
Similar words: next-to-last, penultimate
Definition: next to the last
Usage: the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter; the figures in the next-to-last column
Similar words: second-year, sophomore
Definition: used of the second year in United States high school or college
Usage: the sophomore class; his sophomore year
Similar words: subterminal
Definition: near but not precisely at an end
Usage: a subterminal band of color on the tail feathers
Similar words: antepenultimate
Definition: third from last
Synonyms: average, intermediate, medium
Definition: around the middle of a scale of evaluation
Usage: an orange of average size; intermediate capacity; medium bombers
Similar words: moderate
Definition: being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
Usage: moderate prices; a moderate income; a moderate fine; moderate demands; a moderate estimate; a moderate eater; moderate success; a kitchen of moderate size; the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart