Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mediate
Participle: mediated
Gerund: mediating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mediate |
| you | mediate |
| he;she;it | mediates |
| we | mediate |
| you | mediate |
| they | mediate |
Perfect
| I | have mediated |
| you | have mediated |
| he;she;it | has mediated |
| we | have mediated |
| you | have mediated |
| they | have mediated |
Past
| I | mediated |
| you | mediated |
| he;she;it | mediated |
| we | mediated |
| you | mediated |
| they | mediated |
Pluperfect
| I | had mediated |
| you | had mediated |
| he;she;it | had mediated |
| we | had mediated |
| you | had mediated |
| they | had mediated |
Future
| I | will mediate |
| you | will mediate |
| he;she;it | will mediate |
| we | will mediate |
| you | will mediate |
| they | will mediate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mediated |
| you | will have mediated |
| he;she;it | will have mediated |
| we | will have mediated |
| you | will have mediated |
| they | will have mediated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mediate |
| you | mediate |
| he;she;it | mediate |
| we | mediate |
| you | mediate |
| they | mediate |
Perfect
| I | have mediated |
| you | have mediated |
| he;she;it | have mediated |
| we | have mediated |
| you | have mediated |
| they | have mediated |
Imperfect
| I | mediated |
| you | mediated |
| he;she;it | mediated |
| we | mediated |
| you | mediated |
| they | mediated |
Pluperfect
| I | had mediated |
| you | had mediated |
| he;she;it | had mediated |
| we | had mediated |
| you | had mediated |
| they | had mediated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mediate |
| you | would mediate |
| he;she;it | would mediate |
| we | would mediate |
| you | would mediate |
| they | would mediate |
Perfect
| I | would have mediated |
| you | would have mediated |
| he;she;it | would have mediated |
| we | would have mediated |
| you | would have mediated |
| they | would have mediated |
Imperative
| you | mediate |
| we | Let's mediate |
| you | mediate |
Verbs conjugated like 'mediate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mediate'
medicate,
meditate,
adiate,
aeriate,
dedicate,
deviate,
leniate,
mediatise,
mediatize,
medise,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- arbitrate
- reconcile, settle, negotiate, propitiate, interpose, intercede
Antonyms
- to render someone less able to understand
- clarify, distinguish, enlighten, inspire, judicate, organise, organize, reconcile, stabilize, confuse
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in the 1440s in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English mediat(e) (“intermediate; intercessory”), borrowed from Late Latin mediātus, perfect passive participle of mediō (“to divide in the middle; (in Medieval Latin) to be in the middle, be or become between, mediate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from medius (“middle”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Sample Sentences
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Negotiators managed to mediate a ceasefire.
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"Nay," replied Charles, gravely, "this is carrying your anger too far. Allow me to mediate between you. I must entreat, nay, I command, the Lady Francesca's presence." [1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XLII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 352:]
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Then, Meaſuring Land, by vvalking over it, they ſtyled a Double-ſtep (i.e. the Space from the elevation of one Foot, to the ſame Foot ſet dovvn again, mediated by a ſtep of the other Foot) a Pace, equal to 5 Foot; a Thouſand of vvhich Paces made a Mile, vvhich is a Meaſure ſerving for any diſtance on Earth, and even for the Height of the Sphears. [1694, William Holder, “Of Measure in General. § More Particularly of Time; and Difficulties Concerning It.”, in A Discourse Concerning Time, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall, for L[uke] Meredith, […], →OCLC, page 6:]
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He had some advantage in the difference of our weapons; for his sword, as I recollect, was longer than mine, […] His obvious malignity of purpose never for a moment threw him off his guard, and he exhausted every feint and strategem proper to the science of defence; while, at the same time, he mediated the most desperate catastrophe to our rencounter. [1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter XII, in Rob Roy. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, pages 251–252:]
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[A]s much as language in our modern technological world is mediated through the written word, quantitatively spoken language still reigns supreme. [2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 8:]