"mediation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /midiˈeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mediation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mediations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Late Latin mediātiō (perhaps via Middle French mediation/mediacion) from mediārī (“intervene”), from Latin medius (“middle”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|LL.|mediātiō}} Late Latin mediātiō, {{uder|en|frm|mediation}} Middle French mediation, {{m|frm|mediacion}} mediacion, {{m|la|mediārī||intervene}} mediārī (“intervene”), {{der|en|la|medius||middle}} Latin medius (“middle”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mediation (countable and uncountable, plural mediations)
  1. Negotiation to resolve differences conducted by an impartial party. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party): münsiflik (Azerbaijani), vasitəçilik (Azerbaijani), посре́дничество (posrédničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 調節 (Chinese Mandarin), 调节 (tiáojié) (Chinese Mandarin), välitys (Finnish), sovittelu (Finnish), Vermittlung [feminine] (German), mediere [feminine] (Romanian), посре́дничество (posrédničestvo) [neuter] (Russian), медиа́ция (mediácija) [feminine] (Russian), medling (Swedish), arabuluculuk (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-mediation-en-noun-UlGF9Exm Disambiguation of 'negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party': 79 5 15
  2. The act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement): посре́дничество (posrédničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 調節 (Chinese Mandarin), 调节 (tiáojié) (Chinese Mandarin), välitys (Finnish), sovittelu (Finnish), mediere [feminine] (Romanian), посре́дничество (posrédničestvo) [neuter] (Russian), медиа́ция (mediácija) [feminine] (Russian), mediación [feminine] (Spanish), медіація (mediacija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), посередництво (poserednyctvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-mediation-en-noun-emfiH6Zv Disambiguation of 'the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement': 2 88 10
  3. (Gallicism) heritage interpretation Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-mediation-en-noun-m9etPtRL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 21 65 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 22 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cybermediation, hypermediation, mediational, transmediation Related terms: mediate, mediator, mid, arbitration

Inflected forms

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      "word": "посередництво"
    }
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    "mediation"
  ],
  "word": "mediation"
}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Gallicism",
  "path": [
    "mediation"
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  "title": "mediation",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Gallicism",
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