mediate

(mē'dē-āt')

v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

v.tr.

1. To resolve or settle (differences) by working with all the conflicting parties: mediate a labor-management dispute.
2. To bring about (a settlement, for example) by working with all the conflicting parties.
3. To effect or convey as an intermediate agent or mechanism.

v.intr.

1. To intervene between two or more disputants in order to bring about an agreement, a settlement, or a compromise.
2. To settle or reconcile differences.
3. To have a relation to two differing persons or things.

adj. (-ĭt)

1. Acting through, involving, or dependent on an intervening agency.
2. Being in a middle position.

[Late Latin mediāre, mediāt-, to be in the middle, from Latin medius, middle.]

mediately me'di·ate·ly (-ĭt-lē) adv.

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Definition: try to bring to an agreement
Antonyms: argue, contend, disagree, fight

IN BRIEF: To effect by negotiating as an agent between parties.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - formidle, bringe i stand, være mellemled
v. intr. - mægle, intervenere
adj. - middel-, indirekte-, andenhånds

Nederlands (Dutch)
bemiddelen, overbrengen, middel-, midden-, d.m.v. een bemiddelaar, indirect

Français (French)
v. tr. - négocier, influencer, fournir (des services) (sout), diffuser (une idée) (au moyen de)
v. intr. - arbitrer, servir de médiateur dans/entre
adj. - médiateur

Deutsch (German)
v. - vermitteln
adj. - mittelbar, in der Mitte

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μεσολαβώ

Italiano (Italian)
mediare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - ser intermediário de

Русский (Russian)
посредничать, опосредованный, промежуточный, быть медиумом

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - mediar, efectuar u obtener por mediación, intermediar
v. intr. - mediar, interponerse, intervenir, actuar de intermediario
adj. - mediato

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - medla, utgöra ett mellanled, förmedla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
斡旋, 调停, 调解, 居中, 居间的, 间接的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 斡旋, 調停
v. intr. - 調解, 居中, 斡旋
adj. - 居間的, 間接的

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (분쟁 등을) 조정하다, (협정 등을) 맺게 하다, 전달하다
v. intr. - 화해 하도록 하다
adj. - 간섭을 하는, 중개적인

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 調停する, 取り次ぐ, 介在する
adj. - 仲介の, 間接の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتوسط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פישר, תיווך, יישב, הסדיר, קשר בין לבין‬
v. intr. - ‮פישר, יישב, הסדיר‬
adj. - ‮מחובר באופן לא ישיר, כרוך בתיווך‬

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