mediate

mediate
[[t]mi͟ːdieɪt[/t]]
mediates, mediating, mediated
1) VERB If someone mediates between two groups of people, or mediates an agreement between them, they try to settle an argument between them by talking to both groups and trying to find things that they can both agree to.

[V between pl-n] My mom was the one who mediated between Zelda and her mom...

[V n between pl-n] United Nations officials have mediated a series of peace meetings between the two sides...

The Vatican successfully mediated in a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile in 1984...

[V n] UN peacekeepers mediated a new cease-fire.

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mediation [[t]mi͟ːdie͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] N-UNCOUNT

The agreement provides for United Nations mediation between the two sides...

There is still a possibility the two sides could reach a compromise through the mediation of a third party.

mediator plural N-COUNT

An archbishop has been acting as mediator between the rebels and the authorities.

2) VERB If something mediates a particular process or event, it allows that process or event to happen and influences the way in which it happens. [FORMAL]

[V n] ...the thymus, the organ which mediates the response of the white blood cells...

[V n] People's responses to us have been mediated by their past experience of life.

Derived words:
mediation N-UNCOUNT

This works through the mediation of the central nervous system.


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