In a sentence
Six example sentences with mediate, each labelled with its topic.
Locke treats our knowledge of the world as mediate, reaching us only through ideas the senses hand along.
Philosophy
Heat reaching the thermometer through the glass wall is mediate, so the reading lags behind the real temperature.
Science
The tax is mediate rather than direct: shoppers pay it only through the wholesaler who collects it first.
Economics
A user's control of the drone is mediate, passing through a satellite link that adds half a second of delay.
Technology
The tenant's relationship to the owner is mediate, since every request goes through the agent who holds the keys.
Law
Our knowledge of another person's pain is mediate, inferred from a wince or a word rather than felt directly.
Psychology
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Found in these word lists
Found in 9 published word lists
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- New Academic Word List (Browne/Culligan/Phillips 2013)Authoritative
- Business Word List (part 2)Authoritative
- Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- GregMat 960 GRE WordsRecognized
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