An intermediate stage, level, or position is one that occurs between two other stages, levels, or positions.
You should consider breaking the journey with intermediate stopovers at airport hotels.
...hourly trains to Perugia, Assisi, and intermediate stations.
Synonyms: middle, mid, halfway, in-between [informal] More Synonyms of intermediate
2. adjective
Intermediate learners of something have some knowledge or skill but are not yet advanced.
The Badminton Club holds coaching sessions for beginners and intermediate playerson Friday evenings.
An intermediate is an intermediate learner.
The ski school coaches beginners, intermediates, and advanced skiers.
intermediate in British English
adjective (ˌɪntəˈmiːdɪɪt)
1.
occurring or situated between two points, extremes, places, etc; in between
2.
(of a class, course, etc) suitable for learners with some degree of skill or competence
3. physics
(of a neutron) having an energy between 100 and 100 000 electronvolts
4. geology
(of such igneous rocks as syenite) containing between 55 and 66 per cent silica
noun (ˌɪntəˈmiːdɪɪt)
5.
something intermediate
6.
a substance formed during one of the stages of a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
verb (ˌɪntəˈmiːdɪˌeɪt)
7. (intransitive)
to act as an intermediary or mediator
Derived forms
intermediacy (ˌinterˈmediacy) or intermediateness (ˌinterˈmediateness)
noun
intermediately (ˌinterˈmediately)
adverb
intermediation (ˌinterˌmediˈation)
noun
intermediator (ˌinterˈmediˌator)
noun
Word origin
C17: from Medieval Latin intermediāre to intervene, from Latin inter- + medius middle
intermediate in American English
(ˌɪntərˈmidiɪt; for v., ˌɪntərˈmidiˌeɪt)
adjective
1.
being or happening between two things, places, stages, etc.; in the middle
2.
designating or of an automobile larger than a compact but smaller than the standard size
noun
3.
anything intermediate
4.
intermediary
5.
an intermediate automobile
6. Chemistry
a substance obtained as a necessary intermediate stage between the original material and the final product
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˌinterˈmediˌated or ˌinterˈmediˌating
7.
to mediate
Derived forms
intermediately (ˌinterˈmediately)
adverb
intermediateness (ˌinterˈmediateness)
noun or ˌinterˈmediacy
intermediation (ˌinterˌmediˈation)
noun
intermediator (ˌinterˈmediˌator)
noun
Word origin
ML intermediatus < L intermedius < inter-, between + medius, middle: see mid1
Examples of 'intermediate' in a sentence
intermediate
She was yet to understand how the transition was made, what were the intermediate stages.
McCorquodale, Robin DANSVILLE (2002)
As for the intermediate stages, we can get through those quickly enough.
Melville, Anne THE HARDIE INHERITANCE (2002)
In other languages
intermediate
British English: intermediate /ˌɪntəˈmiːdɪɪt/ ADJECTIVE
An intermediate stage or level is one that occurs between two other stages or levels.
Do you make any intermediate stops between your home and work?
American English: intermediate
Arabic: مُتَوَسِّطٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: intermediário
Chinese: 中间的
Croatian: srednji
Czech: prostřední
Danish: mellemliggende
Dutch: tussenliggend
European Spanish: intermedio
Finnish: keskitason
French: intermédiaire
German: dazwischenliegend
Greek: ενδιάμεσος
Italian: intermedio
Japanese: 中間の
Korean: 중간의
Norwegian: mellomliggende
Polish: pośredni
European Portuguese: intermediário
Romanian: intermediar
Russian: промежуточный
Latin American Spanish: intermedio
Swedish: mellanliggande
Thai: ระหว่างกลาง
Turkish: orta
Ukrainian: проміжний
Vietnamese: trung gian
All related terms of 'intermediate'
intermediate host
an animal that acts as host to a parasite that has not yet become sexually mature
intermediate-acting
(of a drug ) intermediate in its effects between long- and short-acting drugs
intermediate frequency
the frequency to which the signal carrier frequency is changed in a superheterodyne receiver and at which most of the amplification takes place
intermediate school
a school for children aged between 11 and 13
intermediate section
The intermediate section is the section of the borehole after the top hole , which has more consolidated rock.
intermediate treatment
a form of child care for young people in trouble that involves neither custody nor punishment and provides opportunities to learn constructive patterns of behaviour to replace potentially criminal ones
intermediate technology
technology which combines sophisticated ideas with cheap and readily available materials, esp for use in developing countries
intermediate-level waste
radioactive waste material, such as reactor and processing-plant components, that is solidified before being mixed with concrete and stored in steel drums in deep mines or beneath the seabed in concrete chambers
intermediate care facility
a medical facility that provides institutional health care services but not to the degree of those provided by a hospital
intermediate vector boson
a hypothetical particle believed to mediate the weak interaction between elementary particles
intermediate range ballistic missile
a missile that follows a ballistic trajectory with a medium range , normally of the order of 750–1500 miles
if
You use if in conditional sentences to introduce the circumstances in which an event or situation might happen , might be happening , or might have happened.
ICF
intermediate care facility
IRBM
intermediate range ballistic missile
Chinese translation of 'intermediate'
intermediate
(ɪntəˈmiːdɪət)
adj
[stage, position]中间(間)的 (zhōngjiān de)
[student, course, level]中级(級)的 (zhōngjí de)
(adjective)
Definition
occurring between two points or extremes
Consider breaking the journey with intermediate stopovers.
Synonyms
middle
that crucial middle point of the picture
mid
halfway
He was third fastest at the halfway point.
in-between (informal)
midway
intervening
transitional
a transitional period following a decade of civil war
intermediary
median
The median mark is 7.
interposed
Additional synonyms
in the sense of halfway
Definition
at the same distance from two points
He was third fastest at the halfway point.
Synonyms
midway,
middle,
mid,
central,
intermediate,
equidistant
in the sense of median
Definition
a middle point, plane, or part
The median mark is 7.
Synonyms
middle,
mid,
halfway,
medial
in the sense of transitional
a transitional period following a decade of civil war