intermediate en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/
- ĭn-tər-mē'dē-ət
- (New-Jersey) audio
- /ˌɪn.tɚˈmi.di.ət/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin intermediātus, perfect passive participle of intermediō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), further from intermedius (“intermediate”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Meanings
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Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.
The outstanding train on the L.M.S. route was the 6.20 p.m. from Birmingham, which reached Euston in two hours after intermediate stops at Coventry, Rugby and Watford Junction, and evoked some sparkling performances from "Patriot" and "Jubilee" 4-6-0s.
1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98:The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.
2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:Such was the station provided for the infrequent services of 1852, when suburban traffic was unheard of, and Hornsey, Colney Hatch & Southgate, Barnet, and Potters Bar were the only intermediate stations on the 17¾ miles between London and Hatfield.
1952 October, C. A. Johns, “One Hundred Years at Kings Cross—1”, in Railway Magazine, pages 650-651:Then, being on his knees between my thighs, he drew up his ſhirt, and bared all his hairy thighs, and ſtiff ſtaring truncheon, red-topt, and rooted into a thicket of curls, which cover’d his belly to his navel, and gave it the air of a fleſh-bruſh: and ſoon I felt it joining cloſe to mine, when he had drove the nail up to the head, and left no partition but the intermediate hair on both ſides.
1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, pages 165–166:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most intermediate | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more intermediate | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
intermediate filament · intermediate-velocity · reactive intermediate · intermediately · posterointermediate · intermediate switch · intermediate phalange · intermediateness · intermediate nerve · higher intermediate point · intermediate scrutiny · dorsointermediate · intermediate cuneiform bone · intermediate value theorem · intermediate vector boson · logamediate · intermediate black hole · intermediate frequency · intermediate school · nonintermediate · neurointermediate · intermediate phalanx · intermediacy · ventrointermediate · higher intermediate fare · intermediate mass black hole · phosphointermediate · intermediate language · intermediate egret · unintermediate · intermediate time · photointermediate
Hyponyms
Relateds
Synonyms
middle · average · intermediate · middling · medial · medium · mild · moderate
Translations (32)
pt intermédio (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · pl przejściowy (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · pl pośredni (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · bg междинен (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · nl middelmatig (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · ga idirmheánach (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · ca intermedi (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · fi keskitason (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · ckb ناوەندی (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · pt intermediário (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · cy rhyngol (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · cmn 中級 /中级 (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · ru промежу́точный (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · fr intermédiaire (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · tl pampagitan (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · fi väli- (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · hu középszintű (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · it intermedio (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · cy canolradd (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · cmn 中間 /中间 (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · ru сре́дний (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · bg среден (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · id menengah (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · gl intermedio (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · hu középfokú (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · ka შუალედური (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · gd eadar-mheadhanach (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · es intermedio (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · sv intermediär (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · hu köztes (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · sv mellanliggande (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) · el ενδιάμεσος (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range)