mediate

vermitteln, schlichten

Menschen im Streit dabei helfen, miteinander zu reden und sich zu einigen.

In einfachem Englisch: To help people who disagree talk to each other and reach an agreement.

• Can you mediate between us?
• She mediated a dispute over working hours.
• An independent expert will mediate in the peace talks.

So benutzt man es: mediate between A and B (A teacher mediated between the two students.); mediate in something (The minister offered to mediate in the dispute.)

Synonyme: arbitrate, intervene

Häufige Wendungen: mediate a dispute, mediate between people, mediate peace talks

mittelbar, indirekt

Geschieht über eine andere Person oder Sache statt unmittelbar.

In einfachem Englisch: Happening through another person or thing, rather than directly.

• The philosopher distinguished direct from mediate knowledge.
• A mediate cause produces its effect through another cause.
• The essay examines mediate perception through signs and images.

Synonyme: indirect

Gegenteile: direct, immediate

Häufige Wendungen: mediate knowledge, mediate cause, mediate perception