Intermediary
[,ɪntə'miːdɪərɪ] or [,ɪntɚ'midɪɛri]
Definition
(a.) Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project.
(n.) One who, or that which, is intermediate; an interagent; a go-between.
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Examples
- The statesman acts in part as an intermediary between the experts and his constituency. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It takes place through the intermediary of the environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Like the green Martians, they have an intermediary set of arms midway between their upper and lower limbs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- His wide mouth spread into an answering smile, and locking one of his intermediary arms in mine we turned and walked back toward his mount. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- It made the national state an intermediary between the realization of private personality on one side and of humanity on the other. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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