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# mediator

«mediator» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who helps two people or groups who disagree to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a mediator, mediators)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A mediator is a person who helps two people or groups who disagree to talk calmly and reach an agreement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mediator/#m1)

2) (law, money) A mediator can be a trained, fair person who helps settle arguments about divorce, children, money or work without going to court. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mediator/#m2)

3) (church) Christians believe that Jesus is the mediator between God and people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mediator/#m3)

4) A mediator can also be a go-between who links two different worlds, such as the living and the dead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mediator/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school, some pupils are trained as peer mediators who help classmates sort out playground quarrels. In adult life and law, mediators help parents agree on custody or help workers and bosses agree. In stories a mediator brings peace between enemies. Phrases: "act as a mediator", "peer mediator", "a neutral mediator".

### examples

- Our teacher acted as a mediator when Sam and Jack fell out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mediator/#x1)
- Ella is a peer mediator at lunchtime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mediator/#x2)
- Mum and Dad saw a mediator to agree who the children would live with. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mediator/#x3)
- A good mediator listens to both sides and doesn't take sides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mediator/#x4)
- The two countries asked a mediator to help them make peace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mediator/#x5)
- (church) The vicar said that Christians believe Jesus is the mediator between God and people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mediator/#x6)
- The union and the company met with a mediator to end the strike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mediator/#x7)
- He also possessed the power of bringing back departed spirits to the upper world, and was, therefore, the mediator between the living and the dead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mediator/#x8)

### note

Countable: a mediator, mediators. Verb: mediate; noun for the process: mediation. A mediator does not decide who is right; a judge or referee does. The key quality of a mediator is being fair (neutral) to both sides.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mediator» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mediator/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.