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Definition: Mediator |
MediatorNoun1. A negotiator who acts as a link between parties. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mediator" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Bible | Mediator one who intervenes between two persons who are at variance, with a view to reconcile them. This word is not found in the Old Testament; but the idea it expresses is found in Job 9:33, in the word "daysman" (q.v.), marg., "umpire." This word is used in the New Testament to denote simply an internuncius, an ambassador, one who acts as a medium of communication between two contracting parties. In this sense Moses is called a mediator in Gal. 3:19. Christ is the one and only mediator between God and man (1 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 8:6; 9:15; 12:24). He makes reconciliation between God and man by his all-perfect atoning sacrifice. Such a mediator must be at once divine and human, divine, that his obedience and his sufferings might possess infinite worth, and that he might possess infinite wisdom and knowlege and power to direct all things in the kingdoms of providence and grace which are committed to his hands (Matt. 28:18; John 5:22, 25, 26, 27); and human, that in his work he might represent man, and be capable of rendering obedience to the law and satisfying the claims of justice (Heb. 2:17, 18; 4:15, 16), and that in his glorified humanity he might be the head of a glorified Church (Rom. 8:29). This office involves the three functions of prophet, priest, and king, all of which are discharged by Christ both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation. These functions are so inherent in the one office that the quality appertaining to each gives character to every mediatorial act. They are never separated in the exercise of the office of mediator. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
| Intervention by a third party to resolve a conflict which could not be settled by normal administrative procedure. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Medicine | An object or substance by which something is mediated, such as(1)a structure of the nervous system that transmits impulses eliciting a specific response; (2)a chemical substance(transmitter substance)that induces activity in an excitable tissue, such as nerve or muscle; (3)a substance released from cells as the result of the interaction of antigen with antibody or by the action of antigen with a sensitized lymphocyte. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | Mediates and conciliates disputes over negotiations of labor agreements or other labor relations disputes: Promotes use of fact-finding and advisory services to prevent labor disputes and to maintain sound labor relationships. Promotes use of mediation and conciliation services to resolve labor disputes. Advises and counsels parties to solve labor problems. Investigates and mediates labor disputes upon request of any bona fide party, using knowledge of labor law, industry practices, and social policies involved in labor relations. Urges expeditious settlement of negotiations to prevent employee wage loss, to minimize business interruptions, and to achieve labor-management peace. Interrogates parties and clarifies problems to focus discussion on crucial points of disagreement. Assists parties to compromise and settle deadlocked negotiations. Prepares reports of decisions reached or outcome of negotiations. May assist in arranging arbitration. May conduct representation elections according to written consent agreement of concerned parties. May oversee balloting procedures to assist in ratification of labor agreements. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: MediatorSynonyms: go-between (n), intermediary (n), intermediator (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Auxiliary | Votary; sectarian, secretary; seconder, backer, upholder, abettor, advocate, partisan, champion, patron, friend at court, mediator; angel. |
Concord | Rapprochement; reunion; amity; (friendship); alliance, entente cordiale, good understanding, conciliation, peacemaker; intercessor, mediator. |
Deity | God the Son, Jesus, Christ; The Messiah, The Anointed, The Saviour, the Redeemer, The Mediator, The Intercessor, The Advocate, The Judge; The Son of God, The Son of Man, The Son of David; The Lamb of God, The Word; Logos; Emmanuel; Immanuel; The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, The King of Glory, The Prince of Peace, The Good Shepherd, The Way, The Truth, The Life, The Bread of Life, The Light of the World; The Lord our, The Sun of Righteousness; "The Pilot of the Galilean lake". |
Mediation | Mediator, arbitrator, intercessor, peacemaker, makepeace, negotiator, go-between; diplomatist; (consignee); moderator; propitiator; umpire. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Mediator |
| English words defined with "mediator": Daysman ♦ harmonizer ♦ Interceder, Intercessor, Interposer, Interventor ♦ Mediatorial, Mediatorship, mediatrix ♦ shuttle diplomacy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "mediator": CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta, Cholecystokinin, Cyclic AMP, Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic ♦ IL-1, IL-2, interleukin-1, Interleukin-2 ♦ lymphocyte-activating factor ♦ metallothionein ♦ Platelet Factor 4 ♦ T-cell growth factor, thymocyte stimulating factor ♦ Vasotocin. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Mediator" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (mediator), German (mediator), Latin (be in the middle, divide in the middle, go between, halve, intermediary, mediator, middle man), Romanian (interceder, intercessor, mediating, mediator, mediatory, peace maker). |
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Screenplays | There can be no understanding between the hand and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator. (Metropolis; writing credit: Fritz Lang; Thea von Harbou) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Mediator (1916) | |
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Health | In 1971, Sir James Black identified a subtype of the histamine receptor (H2receptor) that appeared to be the principal mediator of gastric acid secretion. (references) | |
Business | In the case of a dispute between HIRA and medical suppliers or hospitals, the MHW acts as the mediator and final arbitrator. (references) | |
Economic History | Romania | According to the constitution, he acts as mediator among the power centers within the state, as well as between the state and society. (references) |
Kazakhstan | The National Bank has overseen a successful reform of the financial sector, which is beginning to serve as mediator between savers and investors. (references) | |
Indonesia | In the event of a commercial dispute, one should first attempt to reach consensus through negotiation, using a mediator acceptable to both parties if necessary. (references) | |
Human Rights | Cote d'Ivoire | A Grand Mediator settles disputes that cannot be resolved by traditional means. (references) |
Chad | At year's end, following intervention by the National Mediator, there was an uneasy truce between the two communities. (references) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | The President names the Grand Mediator, and Mathieu Ekra has been Grand Mediator since his nomination by the Bedie Government. (references) | |
Women | Sweden | A third option, and by far the most common, involves settling allegations with the employee's labor union as mediator. (references) |
Worker Rights | Croatia | Labor and management choose the mediator together. (references) |
Mali | The Ministry of Labor acts as a mediator in labor disputes. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Mediator" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.45% of the time. "Mediator" is used about 181 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.45% | 180 | 23,046 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.55% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 181 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "mediator": act as a mediator ♦ peace mediator. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "mediator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pajtues (conciliator, conciliatory, make peace, pacifier, peacemaker, propitiator, propitiatory), ndërmjetësues (mediatory, peacemaker), ndërmjetës (come between, go between, in between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediate, middleman, moderator, negotiator, procurer, procuress, promotion-man), ndërhyrës (intercessor, intercessory, interventionist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | موفق (felicitous, fit, proper), وسيط السلام, وسيط (arbiter, broker, go between, interface, intermediary, middle, pander, speculator), القائم بالوساطة, الوسيط (arbitrator, intercessor, middleman, moderator), شفيع. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | посредник (agent, ambassador, banian, banyan, broker, factor, go between, intercessor, intermediary, middleman, moderator, negotiant, negotiator, umpire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 斡旋人. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | prostředník (go between, in between, intermediary, intermediator, link, middle finger, middleman, vehicle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | mellemled (entrepôt, turntable), mægler (broker, leaders, leads, middleman), transmittersubstans (transmitter, transmitter substance), transmitterstof (transmitter, transmitter substance), neurotransmitter (neurotransmitter), forligsmand (ombudsman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | mediator. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | میانجی (Conciliator, Gobetween, Intermediary, Intermediate, Medium, Midway), دلال (Broker, Dealer, Gobetween, Middleman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | välittäjäaine (neurotransmitter), transmitteri, neurotransmitteri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | médiateur (mediative of the Republic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Vermittler (agent, arbitrator, broker, go between, honest broker, intermediary, mediators, negotiator, procurer), Mittler (intermediary, medium, mid), Mediator. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μεσολαβητήσ (intermediary, middle man, moderator, negotiator), μεσολαβητής (conciliator), μεσίτησ (broker, factor, intercessor, jobber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מתוך (agent, arbitrator, broker, from, go between, intermediary, medium, middleman, of, out of), מפשר (arbitrator), שתדלן (interceder, intermediary, lobbyist, pleader), סרסור (broker, go between, middleman, pander). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | közbenjáró (advocate, go between, go-between, intercessor, pleader, propitiator), közvetítő (agent, go-between, interferer, intermediary, middle, transmitter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | perantara (agent, go between, intermediary, medium), penengah (arbiter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | mediatore (broker, intermediary, middleman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 調停者 (arbitrator, go between), 纏め役 (manager, peacemaker, troubleshooter), パイプ役 (pile, pile driver), 斡旋者 (intermediary), 斡旋業者 , 口利き (eloquent person, man of influence, middleman, mouthpiece), 仲裁者 (arbitrator), 仲裁人 (arbitrator), 仲立人 (go-between, middleman), 仲立ち (agency, agent, go-between, mediation, middleman), 仲介者 (go-between, middleman), 仲保者 (intercessor), 世話人 (agent, go-between, manager, sponsor), 世話役 (manager), 中保者 (intercessor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | パイプやく, なかだちにん (go-between, middleman), なかだち (agency, agent, go-between, mediation, middleman), くちきき (eloquent person, man of influence, middleman, mouthpiece), まとめやく (manager, peacemaker, troubleshooter), せわびと (agent, go-between, manager, sponsor), せわにん (agent, go-between, manager, sponsor), せわやく (manager), あっせんぎょうしゃ, あっせんしゃ (intermediary), ちゅうさいしゃ (arbitrator), ちゅうさいにん (arbitrator), ちゅうほしゃ (intercessor), ちゅうかいしゃ (an annotator, go-between, middleman), ちょうていしゃ (arbitrator, go between). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 중개자. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ediatormay mediador (agent, intermediate, mediatorial, mediatory, moderator, peacemaker). (various references) mijlocitor (go between, interceder, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, medium, moderator, negotiator, pander, procurer), mediator (interceder, intercessor, mediating, mediatory, peace maker), intermediar (agent, factor, go between, interjacent, intermediary, intermediate, intermedium, mediate, medium, middleman, negotiator, neutral, salesman, wangler). (various references) посредник (agent, broker, come between, come-between, contact man, go between, go-between, in between, intercessor, intermediator, medium, middleman, moderator, negotiator, promotion man, promotion-man, stakeholder, umpire). (various references) posrednik (agent, daysman, go between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, intermediator, medium, middle man, middleman, moderator, pander, paraclete, solicitor, umpire). (various references) mediador (go between). (various references) medlare (arbitrator, conciliator, moderator). (various references) uzlaştırıcı (conciliative, conciliatory, mediatory), aracı (go between, in between, interceder, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, jobber, mediatrix, middleman), arabulucu (agent, conciliator, go between, intercessor, intermediary, mediatrix, negotiator, pacifier, peacemaker), ara bulucu (interceder, intermediate, moderator). (various references) медіатор (plectron, plectrum), посередник (agent, ambassador, broker, come between, daysman, fixer, go between, in between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, intermedium, middleman, moderator, negotiator, second hand, stakeholder, stickler, umpire). (various references) người dàn xếp (makepeace), người điều đình (negotiator, negotiatress, negotiatrix, treater). (various references) machni%ydd, eiriolwr (advocate, intercessor), cyfryngwr, canolwr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | advocatum, advocatus, conciliator, mediator, mediatorem, mediatura, medii, mediis, medio, medios, medium, medius, RM:mediatur, sequester. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | mediator. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Galatians Chapter 3, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O de mesithV enoV ouk estin o de qeoV eiV estin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Mediator autem unius non est Deus autem unus est |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | A mediator is not a mediator of one. But God is one. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Now a mediator is not a mediator of one; but God is one. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Now a go-between is not a go-between of one; but God is one. |
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| Language | Galatians Chapter 3, Verse 20 |
| Cebuano | Karon ang tigpataliwala dili makapataliwala sa usa ka bahin lamang; apan ang Dios usa ra. |
| Chinese | 但 中 保 本 不 是 為 一 面 作 的 ． 神 卻 是 一 位 。 |
| Croatian | Posrednika pak nema gdje je samo jedan. A Bog je jedan. |
| Danish | Men en Mellemmand er ikke kun for een Part; Gud derimod er een. |
| Dutch | En de Middelaar is niet Middelaar van een, maar God is een. |
| Finnish | Välimies taas ei ole yhtä varten; mutta Jumala on yksi. |
| French | Or, le médiateur n`est pas médiateur d`un seul, tandis que Dieu est un seul. |
| German | Ein Mittler aber ist nicht eines Mittler; Gott aber ist einer. |
| Haitian Creole | Lè yon moun pou kont li, li pa bezwen entèmedyè. Bondye pou kont li. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Nah, harus ada dua pihak, baru perlu seorang perantara. Tetapi Allah tidak memerlukan perantara, sebab Ia sendiri bertindak. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka pengantara itu bukannya di dalam hal seorang sahaja; tetapi Allah itu hanya Esa. |
| Italian | Ora non si dà mediatore per una sola persona e Dio è uno solo. |
| Latvian | Kur viens, tur starpnieka nav. Bet Dievs ir viens. |
| Maori | Na, he teka mo te kotahi te takawaenga; kotahi ia te Atua. |
| Norwegian | men en mellemmann er ikke bare for én; men Gud er én. |
| Rumanian | Dar mijlocitorul nu este mijlocitorul unei singure pqryi, pe cknd Dumnezeu, este unul singur. |
| Shuar | Antsu chikichik shuar ninki takastinian Enentáimkiunka chikichan atsumatsui. Tura Yus aya chikichkiiti. Ninki chikichan akattsuk Ashí aentsun Apraámjai pénker awajsatniun Apraáma anajmatar niijiai Chichaman najanamiayi. |
| Spanish | Y el mediador no es de uno solo, pero Dios es uno. |
| Swahili | Ama hakika, mpatanishi hahitajiwi ikiwa jambo lenyewe lamhusu mtu mmoja; na Mungu ni mmoja. |
| Swedish | Men den som är medlare är icke medlare för allenast en enda. Men Gud är en. |
| Uma | Jadi', Atura Musa rata hi ntodea mpake' tauntongo'. Tapi' nto'u-na Alata'ala mpobabehi janci-na hi Abraham, uma-hana ria tauntongo'. Alata'ala hadudua-na-wadi to mpobabehi janci toe. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mediator": mediators, mediatory. (additional references) | |
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"Mediator" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bediako, Medavoy, mediador, Mediastar, mediater, mediatore, mediatre, mediayob, Medzamor, megditure, Moriatou. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mediator" (pronounced mē"dēā'ter) |
| 5 | -d ē ā' t er | gladiator, radiator. |
| 4 | -ē ā' t er | appropriator, aviator, conciliator, negotiator. |
| 3 | -ā' t er | accelerator, accumulator, activator, actuator, administrator, agitator, alligator, allocator, alternator, animator, applicator, arbitrator, calculator, carburetor, cogenerator, collaborator, commentator, communicator, consolidator, coordinator, decorator, defibrillator, demonstrator, denominator, detonator, educator, elevator, escalator, evaporator, excavator, exterminator, fabricator, facilitator, generator, illuminator, illustrator, imitator, incinerator, incubator, indicator, infiltrator, innovator, instigator, insulator, integrator, interrogator, investigator, irrigator, legislator, liquidator, litigator, locator, manipulator, Moderator, modulator, navigator, operator, originator, oscillator, percolator, perpetrator, refrigerator, regulator, renovator, respirator, simulator, speculator, stimulator, syndicator, Terminator, ventilator, violator. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-m-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: readmit. | |
-2 letters: admire, adroit, airted, diatom, dormie, dotier, dreamt, editor, imaret, iodate, marted, mitred, moated, orated, radome, rioted, roadie, roamed, tirade, triode. | |
-3 letters: admit, adore, aider, aimed, aimer, aired, amide, amido, amort, armed, armet, aroid, dater, deair, demit, derat, derma, dimer, doter, dream, droit, irade, irate, madre, mated, mater, media, merit, metro, mired. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-m-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: amortised, amortized, mediators, mediatory, meditator. | |
+2 letters: antimodern, aromatized, audiometer, audiometry, brominated, democratic, dermatosis, dichromate, dogmatizer, endometria, immoderate, intermodal, meditators, meliorated, moderating, moderation, ordainment, radiometer, radiometry, rheumatoid. | |
+3 letters: ameliorated, antimoderns, audiometers, audiometric, bichromated, deformation, deformative, demarcation, democratize, denominator, dichromates, dilatometer, dilatometry, dogmatizers, endometrial, gradiometer, madreporite, maledictory, mandatories, meteoroidal, moderations, ordainments, outdreaming, predominant, predominate, radiometers, radiometric, remediation, remotivated, renominated, tragicomedy, unamortized. | |
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