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: mediate
Definition: occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
Usage: mediate between the old and the new
Similar words: lie
Definition: be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
Synonyms: mediate
Definition: acting through or dependent on an intervening agency
Usage: the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact
Similar words: indirect
Definition: having intervening factors or persons or influences
Usage: reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light; indirect evidence; an indirect cause
Similar words: mediated
Definition: acting or brought about through an intervening agency
Usage: the mediated settlement brought satisfaction to both sides
Synonyms: 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: 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