INTERMEDIARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intermediary mean? 

• INTERMEDIARY (noun)
  The noun INTERMEDIARY has 1 sense:

1. a negotiator who acts as a link between parties

  Familiarity information: INTERMEDIARY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERMEDIARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A negotiator who acts as a link between parties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

go-between; intercessor; intermediary; intermediator; mediator

Hypernyms ("intermediary" is a kind of...):

negotiant; negotiator; treater (someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intermediary"):

mediatrix (a woman who is a mediator)

conciliator; make-peace; pacifier; peacemaker; reconciler (someone who tries to bring peace)

diplomat (a person who deals tactfully with others)

harmoniser; harmonizer (a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another)

interpreter; translator (someone who mediates between speakers of different languages)

marriage broker; matcher; matchmaker (someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others)

moderator (someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence)

second hand (an intermediate person; used in the phrase 'at second hand')

 Context examples 

To unlock your good news, it seems you need an intermediary, such as a business partner, agent, publicist, or, in the romantic sense, it could be your steady partner or spouse.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Src kinases may also play an essential intermediary role in the activation of ras and map kinase pathways by GPCRs.

(Bioactive Peptide Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Typically involves transcription of genetically encoded information into an intermediary message (messenger RNA) and subsequent translation into a functional protein.

(Gene expression, NCI Thesaurus)

Gene Expression Alteration involves a change in the quality of the existing state of transcription of genetically encoded information into an intermediary message (messenger RNA) and subsequent translation into a functional protein.

(Gene Expression Alteration, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 (NADP+) mitochondrial protein, plays a role in intermediary metabolism.

(IDH2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in intermediary metabolism.

(Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 2 (NADP+) Mitochondrial, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes aldehyde dehydrogenase mitochondrial protein, plays a role in intermediary metabolism.

(ALDH2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mediator Complex Component Genes encode the mediator complex, one type of intermediary and which consists of approximately 20 polypeptides.

(Mediator Complex Component Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

It is found in the marginal zones of lymph nodes adjacent to the subcapsular and intermediary sinuses.

(Monocytoid B-Lymphocyte, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in intermediary metabolism.

(Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, Mitochondrial, NCI Thesaurus)