{
    "term": "mediate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "mediate",
            "heSheIt": "mediates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "mediated",
        "pastParticiple": "mediated",
        "ingForm": "mediating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to try to end a situation between two or more people or groups who disagree by talking to them and trying to find things that everyone can agree on",
            "sensetop": "mediate (in something)mediate between A and Bmediate something",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The Secretary-General was asked to mediate in the dispute.",
                    "contextForm": "mediate (in something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "An independent body was brought in to mediate between staff and management.",
                    "contextForm": "mediate between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wilson tried to mediate between the European powers to end the war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **mediate differences/disputes/problems**",
                    "contextForm": "mediate something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to succeed in finding a solution to a problem between people or groups who disagree",
            "sensetop": "mediate something",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They mediated a settlement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The UN attempted to mediate a solution to the conflict."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "negotiate",
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to influence something and/or make it possible for it to happen",
            "sensetop": "be mediated (by something)",
            "labels": "(formal or specialist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Educational success is mediated by economic factors.",
                    "contextForm": "be mediated (by something)"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmiːdieɪt/",
                "audio": "me/mediate/mediate__gb_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmiːdieɪts/",
                "audio": "me/mediate/mediates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmiːdieɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "me/mediate/mediated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmiːdieɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "me/mediate/mediating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmiːdieɪt/",
                "audio": "me/mediate/mediate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmiːdieɪts/",
                "audio": "me/mediate/mediates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmiːdieɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "me/mediate/mediated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmiːdieɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "me/mediate/mediating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘interposed’): from late Latin mediatus ‘placed in the middle’, past participle of the verb mediare, from Latin medius ‘middle’."
}