MEANING
to intervene between parties to help resolve a dispute, or to act as an intermediate link in a process
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Words that belong together
- mediate a dispute
- mediated by
- mediate a relationship
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A neutral official mediated the dispute.
The effect of income on health may be mediated by housing quality.
Language mediates how the community records its history.
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Word forms
- Base
- mediate / mediates
- Past tense
- mediated
- Past participle
- mediated
- Present participle
- mediating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- mediate / mediates
- Present continuous
- am/is/are mediating
- Present perfect
- have/has mediated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been mediating
- Past
- mediated
- Past continuous
- was/were mediating
- Past perfect
- had mediated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been mediating
- Future
- will mediate / mediates
- Future continuous
- will be mediating
- Future perfect
- will have mediated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been mediating
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Usage notes
Primary curation section: Academic. A mediator facilitates agreement rather than imposing a decision. In causal analysis, a mediating factor links cause and outcome. mediate; mediates; mediated; mediated; mediating. Related noun: mediation.
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