disintermediate
disintermediate verb: to carry out disintermediation, to remove another from intermediation.
Verb
disintermediate (third-person singular simple present disintermediates, present participle disintermediating, simple past and past participle disintermediated)
- To carry out disintermediation, to remove another from intermediation.
- High-profile ventures like Amazon.com, Dell, and E*Trade helped to hype the Internet as the means to disintermediate, or cut out the middlemen. The theory was that these indirect channels weren't necessary anymore.2001, Business Week, page 76
- The rise of the Internet has allowed individuals in the dating market to disintermediate their friends, i.e. to meet romantic partners without the personal intermediation of their friends and family.2019 August 20, Michael Rosenfeld, Reuben J. Thomas, Sonia Hausen, “Disintermediating your friends: How Online Dating in the United States displaces other ways of meeting”, in Proceedings of the...
Forms of disintermediate
| third-person singular present | disintermediates |
|---|---|
| present participle | disintermediating |
| past participle | disintermediated |
| past | disintermediated |
Origin of disintermediate
Back-formation from disintermediation.
Questions about disintermediate
- What does disintermediate mean?
- Disintermediate means to carry out disintermediation, to remove another from intermediation.
- What part of speech is disintermediate?
- Disintermediate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of disintermediate?
- The past tense of disintermediate is disintermediated.
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