intermediate
/ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.04 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.
noun
An intermediary.
noun
An automobile that is larger than a compact but smaller than a full-sized car.
noun
Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.
noun
Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.
Example Sentences
- "Then, being on his knees between my thighs, he drew up his ſhirt, and bared all his hairy thighs, and ſtiff ſtaring truncheon, red-topt, and rooted into a thicket of curls, which cover’d his belly to his navel, and gave it the air of a fleſh-bruſh: and ſoon I felt it joining cloſe to mine, when he had drove the nail up to the head, and left no partition but the intermediate hair on both ſides."
- "Such was the station provided for the infrequent services of 1852, when suburban traffic was unheard of, and Hornsey, Colney Hatch & Southgate, Barnet, and Potters Bar were the only intermediate stations on the 17¾ miles between London and Hatfield."
- "The outstanding train on the L.M.S. route was the 6.20 p.m. from Birmingham, which reached Euston in two hours after intermediate stops at Coventry, Rugby and Watford Junction, and evoked some sparkling performances from "Patriot" and "Jubilee" 4-6-0s."
- "The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure."
- "In Oklahoma, an intermediate license holder may not carry more than one non-family member in the vehicle unless accompanied in the front seat by a licensed driver over 21 years of age."
- "Light rain was coming so he chose intermediate tyres."
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin intermediātus, perfect passive participle of intermediō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), further from intermedius (“intermediate”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Usage
Inflected Forms
more intermediate (comparative)
most intermediate (superlative)
intermediates (plural)
intermediates (present, singular)
intermediating (participle, present)
intermediated (participle, past)
intermediated (past)