What is the meaning of intermediate?

noun

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

verb

  • Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences.
    • usage: "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"

adjective

  • Lying between two extremes in time or space or state.
    • usage: "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"
  • Around the middle of a scale of evaluation.
    • usage: "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers"
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