Meaning & Definition of Intermediate in English

1. A substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained

1. Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences

• "He interceded in the family dispute"

• "He mediated a settlement"

1. Lying between two extremes in time or space or state

• "Going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"

• "Intermediate stages in a process"

• "Intermediate stops on the route"

• "An intermediate range plane"

2. Around the middle of a scale of evaluation

• "An orange of average size"

• "Intermediate capacity"

• "Medium bombers"