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go-between

go-between noun: an intermediary or middleman.

Noun

go-between (plural go-betweens)

  1. An intermediary or middleman.
    • She's the go-between for engineering and manufacturing, so you'll have to ask her if you need to coordinate between the groups.
  2. A shogi piece, used in chu shogi and larger shogi variants, that can move one step straight forward or straight backwards.

go-between meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

go-between in Tamil

பாட்கா

go-between in Urdu

a go-between; middle-man; match-maker
واسط vāsit

go-between in Bengali

একজন মধ্যস্থতাকারী, দালাল, শোগি খেলার একটি ঘুঁটি

go-between in Malayalam

മധ്യസ്ഥൻ, കാര്യസ്ഥൻ, ഇടനിലക്കാരൻ, ദല്ലാളുകാരൻ
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go-between in Kannada
ಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥಗಾರ, ಸಂಧಾನಕಾರ, ರಾಜಿ ಮಾಡಿಸುವವ

Synonyms of go-between

Forms of go-between

pluralgo-betweens

Origin of go-between

Deverbal from go between.

Questions about go-between

What does go-between mean?
Go-between means an intermediary or middleman.
What is go-between in Tamil?
Go-between in Tamil is பாட்கா. See Go-between meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is go-between?
Go-between is a noun.
What is the plural of go-between?
The plural of go-between is go-betweens.

Words near go-between in the dictionary

  1. go-away-bird
  2. go-away-birds
  3. go-back
  4. go-backs
  5. go-bag
  6. go-between
  7. go-betweens
  8. go-by
  9. go-bys
  10. go-cart
  11. go-carted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: go-between (page history and authors); go-between (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); واسط (Urdu) (page history and authors); go-between (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); go-between (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); go-between (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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