mediate

verbs

act between parties with a view to reconciling differences

"He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"

arbitrate, intercede, intermediate, liaise, mediate

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occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others

"mediate between the old and the new"

mediate

is a type of (narrower)

be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

acting through or dependent on an intervening agency

"the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"

mediate

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antonym

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having intervening factors or persons or influences

"reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"; "indirect evidence"; "an indirect cause"

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acting or brought about through an intervening agency

"the mediated settlement brought satisfaction to both sides"

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lack of an intervening or mediating agency

"the immediacy of television coverage"

being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series

"adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line"

in-between, mediate, middle