Know Your Next Word : mediate
2. mediate :
verb :
to help settle differences
usage :
The United Nations representative tried to mediate between the warring countries, but the soldiers just kept shooting at each other.
Joe carried messages back and forth between the divorcing husband and wife in the hope of mediating their differences.
To mediate is to engage in mediation.
When two opposing groups, such as a trade union and the management of a company, try to settle their differences through mediation, they call in a mediator to listen to their cases and make an equitable decision.
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