intermediate
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
racing
sports
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin intermediātus, perfect passive participle of intermediō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), further from intermedius (“intermediate”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: more intermediate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most intermediate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: intermediates
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: intermediates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: intermediating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: intermediated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: intermediated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.
pos: adj
examples: Then, being on his knees between my thighs, he drew up his ſhirt, and bared all his hairy thighs, and ſtiff ſtaring truncheon, red-topt, and rooted into a thicket of curls, which cover’d his belly to his navel, and gave it the air of a fleſh-bruſh: and ſoon I felt it joining cloſe to mine, when he had drove the nail up to the head, and left no partition but the intermediate hair on both ſides.
Such was the station provided for the infrequent services of 1852, when suburban traffic was unheard of, and Hornsey, Colney Hatch & Southgate, Barnet, and Potters Bar were the only intermediate stations on the 17¾ miles between London and Hatfield.
The outstanding train on the L.M.S. route was the 6.20 p.m. from Birmingham, which reached Euston in two hours after intermediate stops at Coventry, Rugby and Watford Junction, and evoked some sparkling performances from "Patriot" and "Jubilee" 4-6-0s.
The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.
gloss: Anything in an intermediate position.
pos: noun
examples: In Oklahoma, an intermediate license holder may not carry more than one non-family member in the vehicle unless accompanied in the front seat by a licensed driver over 21 years of age.
gloss: An intermediary.
pos: noun
gloss: An automobile that is larger than a compact but smaller than a full-sized car.
pos: noun
gloss: Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.
pos: noun
gloss: Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.
pos: noun
gloss: A kind of tyre with relatively light grooving, used for conditions between fully dry and fully wet.
pos: noun
examples: Light rain was coming so he chose intermediate tyres.
gloss: To mediate, to be an intermediate.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To arrange, in the manner of a broker.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Central banks need to regulate the entities that intermediate monetary transactions.
Antonyms: extreme
intense
Derived words: intermediation
intermediatory
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: междинен продукт
roman: meždinen produkt
lang: Czech
word: meziprodukt
lang: Finnish
word: välituote
lang: German
word: Zwischenprodukt
lang: Indonesian
word: zat antara
lang: Polish
word: półprodukt
lang: Swedish
word: intermediär