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Moderate

Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme
A moderate price.
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Intermediate

Coming between two things in time, place, character, etc.
A cooled liquid intermediate between liquid and solid
An intermediate stage of development
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Moderate

Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate
A moderate climate.
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Intermediate

An intermediate thing.
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Moderate

Of medium or average quantity or extent.
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Intermediate

Act as intermediary; mediate
Groups which intermediated between the individual and the state
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Moderate

Of limited or average quality; mediocre.
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Intermediate

Lying or occurring between two extremes or in a middle position or state
An aircraft having an intermediate range.
An intermediate school.
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Moderate

Opposed to radical or extreme views or measures, especially in politics or religion.
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Intermediate

One that is in a middle position or state.
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Moderate

One who holds or champions moderate views or opinions, especially in politics or religion.
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Intermediate

An intermediary.
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Moderate

To cause to be less extreme, intense, or violent.
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Intermediate

(Chemistry) A substance formed as a necessary stage in the manufacture of a desired end product.
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Moderate

To preside over
She was chosen to moderate the convention.
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Intermediate

An automobile that is smaller than a full-sized model but larger than a compact.
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Moderate

To become less extreme, intense, or violent; abate.
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Intermediate

To act as an intermediary; mediate.
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Moderate

To act as a moderator.
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Intermediate

To intervene.
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Moderate

Not excessive; acting in moderation
Moderate language
A moderate Calvinist
Travelling at a moderate speed
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Intermediate

Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.
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Moderate

More than mild, less than severe
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Intermediate

Anything in an intermediate position.
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Moderate

Mediocre
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Intermediate

An intermediary.
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Moderate

Average priced; standard-deal
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Intermediate

(chemistry) Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.
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Moderate

Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
A moderate winter
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Intermediate

(intransitive) To mediate, to be an intermediate.
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Moderate

Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
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Intermediate

(transitive) To arrange, in the manner of a broker.
Central banks need to regulate the entities that intermediate monetary transactions.
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Moderate

One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
While the moderates usually propose political compromise, it's often only achieved when the extremists allow them so
The moderates are the natural advocates of ecumenism against the fanatics of their churches.
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Intermediate

Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors.
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Moderate

One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.
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Intermediate

Of or pertaining to an intermediate school; as, intermediate education.
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Moderate

(transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
To moderate rage, action, desires, etc.
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Intermediate

To come between; to intervene; to interpose.
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Moderate

(intransitive) To become less excessive
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Intermediate

A person who intermediates between others, especially in negotiations; an intermediary; a mediator.
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Moderate

(transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator
To moderate a synod
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Intermediate

Something that is intermediate.
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Moderate

(intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise
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Intermediate

A compound which is produced in the course of a chemical synthesis, which is not itself the final product, but is used in further reactions which produce the final product; also called synthetic intermediate, intermediate compound or intermediate product; - contrasted to starting material and end product or final product. There may be many different intermediates between the starting material and end product in the course of a complex synthesis; as, many industrial chemicals are produced primarily to be used as intermediates in other syntheses.
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Moderate

To supply with a moderator substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission.
A graphite-moderated reactor
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Intermediate

A substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
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Moderate

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained
A number of moderate members managed . . . to obtain a majority in a thin house.
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Intermediate

Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences;
He interceded in the family dispute
He mediated a settlement
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Moderate

Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter.
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Intermediate

Lying between two extremes in time or space or degree;
Going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands
Intermediate stages in a process
Intermediate stops on the route
An intermediate level
The last time I saw Paris
The last day of the month
Had the last word
Waited until the last minute
He raised his voice in a last supreme call
The last game of the season
Down to his last nickel
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Moderate

One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.
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Intermediate

Around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures;
An orange of average size
Intermediate capacity
A plane with intermediate range
Medium bombers
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Moderate

To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind.
By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water.
To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive.
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Moderate

To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting or a discussion; as, to moderate a synod; to moderate a debate.
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Moderate

To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated.
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Moderate

To preside as a moderator.
Dr. Barlow [was] engaged . . . to moderate for him in the divinity disputation.
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Moderate

A person who takes a position in the political center
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Moderate

Preside over;
John moderated the discussion
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Moderate

Make less fast or intense;
Moderate your speed
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Moderate

Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits;
Moderate your alcohol intake
Hold your tongue
Hold your temper
Control your anger
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Moderate

Make less severe or harsh;
He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears
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Moderate

Make less strong or intense; soften;
Tone down that aggressive letter
The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements
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Moderate

Restrain or temper
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Moderate

Being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme;
Moderate prices
A moderate income
A moderate fine
Moderate demands
A moderate estimate
A moderate eater
Moderate success
A kitchen of moderate size
The X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart
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Moderate

Not extreme;
A moderate penalty
Temperate in his response to criticism
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Moderate

Marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes;
Moderate in his demands
Restrained in his response
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