intermediate Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

Pref. inter- + mediate: cf. F. intermédiat.

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.