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   intermediate

   /ˌɪntəˈmiːdɪət/

   adjective

   • 1. coming between two things in time, place, character, etc.: "an intermediate stage of development"
   • ▪ having or suitable for a level of knowledge or skill between basic and advanced: "intermediate skiers"

   noun

   • 1. an intermediate thing.
   • ▪ a person at an intermediate level of knowledge or skill: "photography courses for beginners and intermediates"
   • ▪ a chemical compound formed by one reaction and then taking part in another, especially during synthesis: "a pathway leading to the formation of reactive intermediates"

   verb

   • 1. act as intermediary; mediate: "groups which intermediated between the individual and the state"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin intermediatus, from Latin intermedius, from inter- ‘between’ + medius ‘middle’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. intermediacy noun
   • 2. intermediately adverb
   • 3. intermediateness noun
   • 4. intermediation noun
   • 5. intermediator noun

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