mediate

servir de médiateur

Aider des personnes en désaccord à dialoguer et à trouver un accord.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : mediate between A and B (A teacher mediated between the two students.); mediate in something (The minister offered to mediate in the dispute.)

Synonymes : arbitrate, intervene

Expressions courantes : mediate a dispute, mediate between people, mediate peace talks

médiat, indirect

Qui se produit par l'intermédiaire d'une personne ou d'une chose, plutôt que directement.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : indirect

Contraires : direct, immediate

Expressions courantes : mediate knowledge, mediate cause, mediate perception