mediator

US/ˈmidieɪtɚ/

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,017 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: mediators

A mediator is somebody who helps two sides reach agreement. An independent mediator, appoint a mediator, the mediator's role.

The job is not to decide: a mediator has no power to impose anything, which is exactly what separates mediation from arbitration and why people will agree to it. In many countries a court now expects a family dispute to be mediated before it is heard.

Definitions of mediator

1nounmediatorSomebody who helps two sides reach agreement.B2+
“A mediator was brought in to help the union and the company reach a deal.”

mediator is a person.

Where it comes from

Latin mediator comes from mediare, to be in the middle, from medius, middle.

Latin
mediātor — one who mediates
Middle French
mediateur,mediatur
Middle English
mediatour,mediatoure,mediatur,medyatour
English, today
mediator

Built from

mediō · Latin — be in the middle
medius · Latin — middle

From Middle English mediatour,mediatoure,mediatur,medyatour, from Middle French mediateur,mediatur or its etymon Latin mediātor (“one who mediates”), from mediātum, supine of mediō (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”). by surface analysis, mediate + -or.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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mediator in the wild

Mediation is a form of dispute resolution that resolves disputes between two or more parties, facilitated by an independent neutral third party known as the mediator.
Mediation
As the practice has gained popularity, training programs, certifications and licensing have produced trained and professional mediators committed to their discipline.
Mediation
Objects no longer communicate directly with each other, but instead communicate through the mediator.
Mediator pattern
In this way, the mediator variable helps to clarify the nature of the causal relationship between them.
Mediation (statistics)
NCOR2 is also referred to as a silencing mediator for retinoid or thyroid-hormone receptors (SMRT) or T3 receptor-associating cofactor 1 (TRAC-1).
Nuclear receptor co-repressor 2

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Related words

the mediō family

immediate

mediator — used about once every 11,558 pages · #12,017 · point at the bar for the others

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