intermediate

Examples

• All

• Earnings per share, this is, this is intermediate level stuff too.

• So there must be some sort of intermediate between them.

  Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

• Would you like me to play as an intermediate or advanced?

  Life Like (2019)

• Let's go to intermediate possibilities on the next sheet.

  Computerphile

• Project ELITE is designed to take librarians who have intermediate technology skills to advanced levels.

  Academic text (2011)

• Also, rail-passenger travel is more important, especially for short and intermediate distances, than air transportation.

  Academic text (1990)

• Another assessment tool used successfully with intermediate and high school instrumental classes is the checklist.

  Academic text (1999)

• For that moment, though, they're in an intermediate state, straddling sleep and wakefulness.

• Also, as income rises, people move from wood to intermediate fuels like kerosene, coal, or charcoal.

  Academic text (1999)

• At an intermediate level, learners can understand and participate in conversations but may struggle with complex grammar.

Synonyms

M

middle

vsintermediate

745 6.6

Belonging to a historical time between earlier and later stages

is broader, applying to any central position not only stages

M

medium

vsintermediate

162 1.3

Of average size, not too big or too small

focuses on position among stages rather than average degree

I

in-between

vsintermediate

116 4.0

In the middle between two other things, neither the start nor the end

describes being not at either extreme in general

M

middle-level

vsintermediate

2 4.2

A job or person that is between lower workers and top managers

covers being not at extremes in many contexts beyond ranks

M

mid-level

vsintermediate

4.0

Having a rank between junior and senior employees in a job

is the general term for being not at either extreme among stages

M

midcourse

vsintermediate

6.0

Happening in the middle of a journey or project

applies more widely to any central position not only processes

Antonyms

E

extreme

877 3.6

Very far away in place or in degree

T

terminal

7 5.6

At the final part of something, especially in time or a process

Compounds

I

intermediate host

• Specialized

1 7.4

A living thing that a parasite uses for part of its life before moving to its final animal or person

I

intermediate shroud

• Jargon

9.9

A rope or wire attached partway up a mast between other ropes to help keep the mast steady

I

intermediate temporal artery

• Specialized

8.2

A blood vessel on the temple that brings blood to the middle part of the brain near the ear

I

intermediate vector boson

• Specialized

9.9

A particle that carries the weak force between tiny particles like electrons and quarks

I

intermediate wheatgrass

• Specialized

7.4

A grass from Asia grown for animal feed and to protect soil and sometimes used as a grain crop

How Middle

central

993 1.0

intermediate

51 3.6

peripheral

27 6.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology