intermediate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
  2. verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
    mediate; liaise; intercede; arbitrate.
    • He interceded in the family dispute
    • He mediated a settlement
  3. adjective 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
  4. adjective satellite around the middle of a scale of evaluation
    average; medium.
    • an orange of average size
    • intermediate capacity
    • medium bombers

WordNet


In`ter*me"di*ate adjective
Etymology
Pref. inter- + mediate: cf. F. intermédiat.
Definitions
  1. 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.
In`ter*me"di*ate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To come between; to intervene; to interpose. Milton.

Webster 1913