intermediate

intermediate
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. between; middle, intervening; halfway. See mean.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. middle, halfway, midway, mid, between, in-between, intermediary, transitional, intervening, mean, medium, compromising, neutral, standard, median, moderate, average, about the fiftieth percentile; see also central 1 , common 1 , middle .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
intervening, in-between, halfway, middle, median, midway, intervening, compromising.
ANT.: beginning, ending
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective Not extreme: central, mean3, medial, median, mid, middle, middle-of-the-road, midway. See EDGE. II noun Someone who acts as an intermediate agent in a transaction or helps to resolve differences: broker, go-between, interceder, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator, middleman. See MEANS.

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