Meaning & use
Mediated
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resolved or settled a dispute by acting as an intermediary between opposing parties
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A neutral counselor mediated the disagreement between the two neighbors.
Their divorce was mediated rather than fought out in court.
A note on using this word
Past tense of 'mediate,' from Latin 'mediare,' to be in the middle; also used in media studies to describe experience shaped by technology.
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