1. Lying between two extremes in time or space or state
   "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate range plane" 
2. Around the middle of a scale of evaluation
   "intermediate capacity"
   - average, medium

1. A substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained

1. Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
   - intercede, mediate, liaise, arbitrate

Derived forms: intermediated, intermediates, intermediating

See also: antepenultimate, gray [US], grey [Brit, Cdn], halfway, in-between, intermediation, intermediator, junior, mediate, middle, moderate, next-to-last, penultimate, second-year, sophomore [N. Amer], subterminal, third-year

Type of: chemical, chemical substance, negotiate, talk terms

Antonym: terminal

Encyclopedia: Intermediate

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