Intermediary Meaning
/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdi.əɹi/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjThat intermediates.
nounAn agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation.
Sentence Examples
I am an intermediary who introduces business.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ helped the two companies reach a final agreement after months of arguing.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A bank acts as an ____ by taking money from savers and lending it to people who need various loans.
Word Origin & History
From French intermédiaire, adjusted to simulate a borrowing from Medieval Latin *intermediārius.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, had agreed to act as intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world […]"
— 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
"White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been in contact via intermediaries with Curtis Yarvin, Politico Magazine reported this week."
— 2017 February 10, Rosie Gray, “Behind the Internet's Anti-Democracy Movement”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2020:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ helped the two companies reach a final agreement after months of arguing.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A bank acts as an ____ by taking money from savers and lending it to people who need various loans.