mediated

[mee-dee-ey-tid]

adjective

1. (of disputes, strikes, etc.) settled or resolved with the help of an intermediary.

   In the 15 years in which he has served as a mediator, he has settled over 90% of his mediated disputes.

2. (of an agreement, truce, settlement, etc.) brought about with the help of an intermediary between parties.

   A mediated divorce is much cheaper than negotiating through lawyers or going to court.

3. indirectly experienced, effected, or conveyed; happening by means of or through someone or something else.

   I see technology as any mediated form of communication, rather than face-to-face communication.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of mediate.

Other Word Forms

• unmediated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mediated¹

mediate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

"It's cycle informed, but it's not as cycle mediated," added Jarrell-Searcy.

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He said this was the result of "a long night of talks mediated by the United States".

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"If all foreign films are adapted to look and sound English, the audience's relationship with the foreign becomes increasingly mediated, synthetic, and sanitised," she says.

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The US president has doubled down on his claim even after Modi told India's parliament that "no country had mediated in the ceasefire".

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The talks, which Rubio said were a starting point to bring an end to the war, have been followed by mediated discussions between Ukrainian and Russian officials in Turkey.

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