mediate
part of speech
verb (mediate, mediates, mediated, mediating)
meaning for a pupil
1) To mediate is to help two people or groups who disagree to talk and find an agreement, without taking sides. tree →
2) (formal) To be the means by which something passes or happens between two things. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah, to mediate means to stand between two opposites and bring them into balance, as air does between water and fire. Interpretation: The book teaches that the letter Aleph, or air, is the peacemaker between silent water (Mem) and hissing fire (Shin). Readers see this as a pattern of balance in the world. In the primary lessons: In school: peer mediators help pupils settle playground arguments. In news and law: someone mediates between two countries or in a family dispute. In church: Christians believe Jesus mediates between God and people.
examples
- To intervene in any thing, to mediate the peace, accomodate a quarrel. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- Water is silent, Fire is sibilant, and Air derived fron the Spirit is as the tongue of a balance standing between these contraries which are in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Water is silent, Fire is sibilant, and Air derived from the Spirit is as the tongue of a balance standing between these contraries which are in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- A teacher mediated between the two friends after their fight. tree →
- Our school trains pupils to mediate playground quarrels. tree →
- Another country offered to mediate in the dispute. tree →
- The coach mediated between the angry players. tree →
- A good mediator listens to both sides. tree →
- Christians believe Jesus mediates between God and humans. tree →
note
Noun: mediation; person: mediator. Mediating is not deciding who wins (that is judging); it is helping both sides agree. Do not confuse with «meditate» (to think quietly).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «mediate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.