intermediate: Meaning and Definition of

in•ter•me•di•ate

1. being, situated, or acting between two points, stages, things, persons, etc.: the intermediate steps in a procedure.
2. of or pertaining to an intermediate school.
3. mid-size.

1. a person who acts between others; intermediary; mediator.
2. something intermediate, as a form or class.
3. a derivative of the initial material formed before the desired product of a chemical process.

in•ter•me•di•ate

1. to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.