intermediary
/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdi.əɹi/US/ˌɪn(t)ɚˈmidiˌɛɹi/
intermediary adjective: that intermediates.
Adjective
intermediary (not comparable)
- That intermediates.
- Synonyms:
- in-between
Noun
intermediary (plural intermediaries)
- An agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation.
- 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
- Synonyms:
- mediator, middleman, go-between, intercessor
- A person or organisation in an intermediate position (in a transaction, agreement, supply chain, etc.)
- The intermediary between the manufacturer and retailer is the wholesaler
- One or several stages of an event which occurs after the start and before the end.
intermediary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
intermediary in Hindi
- Translations
- माध्यमिक mādhyamik
- an agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation — see also mediator, middleman, broker
- मध्यस्थ madhyasth
intermediary in Tamil
- இடைப்பட்ட, இடைநிலைப்பட்ட, இடைத்தரகர், இடையாளர், இடையீட்டாளர், இடையுரிமையாளர்
intermediary in Urdu
- دلال, واسطہ, وسیلہ, ذریعہ
intermediary in Bengali
- মধ্যস্থতাকারী, মাধ্যম, দুই পক্ষের মধ্যে সংযোগকারী
More languagesFewer languages
- intermediary in Malayalam
- മധ്യവർത്തി, ഇടനിലക്കാരൻ, തരകൻ
- intermediary in Kannada
- ನಡುವಿಗ, ನಡುವೆ ಬರುವವನು, ಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥಗಾರ, ಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥಿಕೆ ಮಾಡುವವನು
- intermediary in Malay
- telangkai
- intermediary in Indonesian
- perantara, penengah
Examples of intermediary in a sentence
- The technology is creating a trustless environment, i.e., a financial system without the need for trusted intermediaries.
- The essence of these divinities is that of intermediaries between a being and a supreme superultimate Being.
- The gup has traditionally been an intermediary between the community and the state.
Synonyms of intermediary
Forms of intermediary
| plural | intermediaries |
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Origin of intermediary
From French intermédiaire, adjusted to simulate a borrowing from Medieval Latin *intermediārius.
Words formed from intermediary
Questions about intermediary
- What does intermediary mean?
- Intermediary means that intermediates.
- What is intermediary in Hindi?
- Intermediary in Hindi is माध्यमिक (mādhyamik), मध्यस्थ (madhyasth). See Intermediary meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is intermediary?
- Intermediary can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce intermediary?
- Intermediary is pronounced /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdi.əɹi/ (UK).
Words near intermediary in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intermediary (page history and authors); intermediary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intermediary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Intermediary (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intermediary (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intermediary (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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