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intermediate
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin intermediatus, past participle of intermediare, from inter + Late Latin mediare (“to mediate”); also Latin intermedius
Pronunciation
- (UK)
- (adjective, noun): IPA(key): /?nt?(?)?midi.?t/
- (verb): IPA(key): /?nt?(?)?mid?ie?t/
- (US)
- (adjective, noun): enPR: ?n-t?r-m?'d?-?t, IPA(key): /??nt??midi.?t/
- (verb): IPA(key): /??nt??midie?t/
Adjective
intermediate (comparative more intermediate, superlative most intermediate)
- Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:intermediate
Translations
Noun
intermediate (plural intermediates)
- Anything in an intermediate position.
- An intermediary.
- (chemistry) Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.
Translations
Verb
intermediate (third-person singular simple present intermediates, present participle intermediating, simple past and past participle intermediated)
- (intransitive) To mediate, to be an intermediate.
- (transitive) To arrange, in the manner of a broker.
- Central banks need to regulate the entities that intermediate monetary transactions.
Derived terms
- intermediation
- intermediatory
Translations
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meliorism
English
Etymology
From Latin melior (“better”) +? -ism. Reportedly coined by British author George Eliot in her letters, published in 1877.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?mi?l????z(?)m/
Noun
meliorism (countable and uncountable, plural meliorisms)
- The view or doctrine that the world can be improved through human effort (often understood as an intermediate outlook between optimism and pessimism). [from 19th c.]
- 1966 May 6, "Forever Beginning," Time:
- At the convention, the official mood was traditional Methodist meliorism.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, page 371:
- Enclaves of meritocratic and virtuous sociability, the lodges exuded […] a thoroughgoing meliorism.
- 1966 May 6, "Forever Beginning," Time:
Derived terms
- meliorist
- melioristic
- melioristically
Translations
References
- “meliorism” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "meliorism" at Rhymezone (Datamuse, 2006)
- Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
- Dictionary of Philosophy, Dagobert D. Runes (editor), Philosophical Library, 1962; see: "Meliorism" by Archie J. Bahm, page 195
Romanian
Etymology
From French méliorisme
Noun
meliorism n (uncountable)
- meliorism
Declension
meliorism From the web:
- meliorism meaning
- what dies meliorism meaning
- what do meliorism meaning
- what is meliorism in a sentence
- what is social meliorism
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