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INTERMEDIATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does intermediate mean?
• INTERMEDIATE (noun)
The noun INTERMEDIATE has 1 sense:
1. a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
Familiarity information: INTERMEDIATE used as a noun is very rare.
• INTERMEDIATE (adjective)
The adjective INTERMEDIATE has 2 senses:
1. lying between two extremes in time or space or state
2. around the middle of a scale of evaluation
Familiarity information: INTERMEDIATE used as an adjective is rare.
• INTERMEDIATE (verb)
The verb INTERMEDIATE has 1 sense:
1. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
Familiarity information: INTERMEDIATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("intermediate" is a kind of...):
chemical; chemical substance (material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lying between two extremes in time or space or state
Context example:
an intermediate range plane
Similar:
gray; grey (intermediate in character or position)
halfway (at a point midway between two extremes)
in-between; mediate; middle (being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series)
junior; next-to-last; third-year (used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college)
next-to-last; penultimate (second last)
second-year; sophomore (used of the second year in United States high school or college)
subterminal (near but not precisely at an end)
antepenultimate (third from last)
Antonym:
terminal (being or situated at an end)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Around the middle of a scale of evaluation
Synonyms:
Context example:
medium bombers
Similar:
moderate (being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme)
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it intermediates Past simple: intermediated
Past participle: intermediated
-ing form: intermediating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
arbitrate; intercede; intermediate; liaise; mediate
Context example:
He mediated a settlement
Hypernyms (to "intermediate" is one way to...):
negociate; negotiate; talk terms (discuss the terms of an arrangement)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
intermediation (the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement)
intermediator (a negotiator who acts as a link between parties)
Context examples
Numerous intermediate signaling proteins are also activated including the Ras and Rap1, which are small molecular weight GTPases and these ultimately lead to the activation of MAP kinases including Erk, JNK and p38.
(BCR Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Used as a solvent and as an intermediate in chemical synthesis.
(Methyl alcohol, NCI Thesaurus)
Michler's base is used as a chemical intermediate in the manufacture of dyes and for its hydrochloric salt and is also used as an analytical reagent in the determination of lead.
(Michler's Base, NCI Thesaurus)
A developmental form in the B-lymphocyte series, intermediate between the B-lymphoblast and the mature B-cell.
(B-Prolymphocyte, NCI Thesaurus)
An intermediate, locally aggressive lipomatous neoplasm.
(Atypical Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Abiraterone inhibits the enzymatic activity of steroid 17alpha-monooxygenase (17alpha-hydrolase/C17,20 lyase complex; CYP17A1), a member of the cytochrome p450 family that catalyzes the 17alpha-hydroxylation of steroid intermediates involved in testosterone synthesis.
(Abiraterone, NCI Thesaurus)
A well differentiated, low or intermediate grade tumor with neuroendocrine differentiation that arises from the appendix.
(Appendix Neuroendocrine Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Arginine is also an important intermediate in the urea cycle and in detoxification of nitrogenous wastes.
(Arginine, NCI Thesaurus)
An intermediate part or section; an area that is approximately central within some larger region.
(Middle, NCI Thesaurus)
A melanocytic neoplasm displaying morphologic features that are intermediate between those of benign nevus and melanoma.
(Minimal Deviation Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)
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