2. (adj)intermediate 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"
3. (adj)average, intermediate, medium around the middle of a scale of evaluation "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers"
4. (verb)intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
"He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"