to mediate
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5.1
- verb
- /ˈmiːdieɪt/
:
mediar
- Because, when you have peace talks, you need someone neutral to mediate.
- mediate the dispute
- mediate conflict
- mediate a settlement
He also attempted to mediate in disputes involving the church.
- He also attempted to mediate in disputes involving the church.
- And so I was trying to like, mediate between the two of them.
- All people that mediate peace should be allowed safe conduct.
- And my parents are going back and forth and I'm trying to mediate that.
- They're a guest and they have to somehow mediate between these colonizers and the colonized.
- And in their village, whenever someone would have an issue, he would come out and mediate that.
- Like the, the way our, our monetary system works is, is such that you need a third party to mediate disputes.
- There should be a podcast where they just kind of talk with celebrity, like mediate, like arguments.
Examples
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Italy is prepared to mediate a resolution between Britain, its allies and Germany.
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If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together.
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And so I was trying to like, mediate between the two of them.
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Italy has offered to mediate peace talks between ourselves and Germany.
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Maybe they need us to mediate some territorial dispute.
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We support the efforts of former President Jimmy Carter to mediate between the government and the EPLE...
Academic text (1991) -
He also attempted to mediate in disputes involving the church.
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Once the Don settled his business affairs, he mediated the dispute and brought about temporary peace.
Fiction book (2001) -
Since the expiry of the American ultimatum to the Soviet Union at noon yesterday, there have been intense diplomatic efforts to mediate between the two countries.
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The ambassador was called in to mediate the ongoing conflict between the two nations.
Synonyms
801
3.7
Try to reach an agreement by talking, often about business terms
38
5.1
To become friendly again after a disagreement
15
6.7
To speak or act for someone to help end an argument
11
7.0
To act as a link between people or groups to help them work together
1
5.2
To connect two groups so they can communicate and work together
1
7.0
To act as a go-between to help people reach an agreement
1
7.9
To stop people being angry and make them friendly again
Antonyms
How Involved
- Formal
17
7.8
5
6.9
197
5.0
32
5.1
- Formal
187
4.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mediate comes from the Latin medius 'middle'. A mediator stands in the middle between people to help them agree, so to mediate is to act as that go-between and resolve a disagreement.