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Synonyms & Antonyms for mediate
Synonyms: Adjective
central, halfway, intermediary, intermediate, medial, median, medium, mid, middle, midmost
Synonyms: Verb
intercede, intermediate, interpose, intervene
Antonyms: Adjective
extreme, farthest, farthermost, furthermost, furthest, outermost, outmost, remotest, utmost
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Examples of mediate in a Sentence
Adjective
has a black-and-white view of human nature, believing that there is no mediate state between good and evilVerb
He has been appointed to mediate the dispute. He is attempting to mediate a settlement between the company and the striking workers. Negotiators are trying to mediate a cease-fire.
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
In July, India rejected Trump’s offer to mediate and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi again told reporters at the Group of Seven summit in France that Kashmir is a bilateral issue. — Washington Post, "The Latest: Trump pitches his Miami-area site for G-7 summit," 28 Aug. 2019 Her Instagram is only a little more mediated and fake than any other influencer's, and the influencer economy moves billions of dollars every year. — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, "You Are Already Having Sex With Robots," 23 Aug. 2019 The dWeb is based on peer-to-peer data sharing and communications between users — without companies such as Facebook, Google, Uber or AirBnB providing a platform or mediating the connections. — NBC News, "These technologists think the internet is broken. So they're building another one.," 21 July 2019 If the vesicles come from the fungus, that would suggest whatever is inside plays a role in the muscle contraction—perhaps by secreting some substance that causes spasms in the muscle—or mediates the communication between fungal cells. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Zombifying fungus bypasses the brain to make ants its puppets, study finds," 17 July 2019 The city budget adopted last month includes funding for a city arborist, whose job will be to improve Laguna’s tree program, mediate tree disputes and maintain the existing crop. — Faith E. Pinho, latimes.com, "Laguna Beach needs more public trees, O.C. grand jury report says," 5 July 2019 Ethiopia's government and the African Union mediated talks that led to Thursday's agreement, Labat said. — Amir Ahmed, Mohammed Tawfeeq And Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, "Sudan celebrates end of stand-off between military leaders and opposition," 5 July 2019 But there is no question that nature, as the Brotherhood saw it, was heavily mediated by art, especially that of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance. — Ruth Bernard Yeazell, The New York Review of Books, "Unnatural Naturalism," 21 Mar. 2019 The settlement, following several police actions that shut down and cleared homeless camps, was reached after months of negotiations mediated by U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria of San Francisco, who issued an injunction enforcing its terms. — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, "Santa Rosa agrees to new rules in dealing with homeless population," 12 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mediate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.