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{
"term": "mediate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "mediate",
"heSheIt": "mediates"
},
"pastSimple": "mediated",
"pastParticiple": "mediated",
"ingForm": "mediating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to try to end a situation between two or more people or groups who disagree by talking to them and trying to find things that everyone can agree on",
"sensetop": "mediate (in something)mediate between A and Bmediate something",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The Secretary-General was asked to mediate in the dispute.",
"contextForm": "mediate (in something)"
},
{
"text": "An independent body was brought in to mediate between staff and management.",
"contextForm": "mediate between A and B"
},
{
"text": "Wilson tried to mediate between the European powers to end the war."
},
{
"text": "to **mediate differences/disputes/problems**",
"contextForm": "mediate something"
}
],
"topics": ["Discussion and agreement"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to succeed in finding a solution to a problem between people or groups who disagree",
"sensetop": "mediate something",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They mediated a settlement."
},
{
"text": "The UN attempted to mediate a solution to the conflict."
}
],
"synonyms": "negotiate",
"topics": ["Discussion and agreement"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to influence something and/or make it possible for it to happen",
"sensetop": "be mediated (by something)",
"labels": "(formal or specialist)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Educational success is mediated by economic factors.",
"contextForm": "be mediated (by something)"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmiːdieɪt/",
"audio": "me/mediate/mediate__gb_4.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmiːdieɪts/",
"audio": "me/mediate/mediates__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmiːdieɪtɪd/",
"audio": "me/mediate/mediated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmiːdieɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "me/mediate/mediating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmiːdieɪt/",
"audio": "me/mediate/mediate__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmiːdieɪts/",
"audio": "me/mediate/mediates__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmiːdieɪtɪd/",
"audio": "me/mediate/mediated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmiːdieɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "me/mediate/mediating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘interposed’): from late Latin mediatus ‘placed in the middle’, past participle of the verb mediare, from Latin medius ‘middle’."
}