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Arbitrate

To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.

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Broader term 1

Negotiate 76% connected

To transact business; to carry on trade.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

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Intercessor 74% connected

One who goes between, or intercedes; a mediator. (a) One who interposes between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them. (b) One who plead…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Intercessor 74% connected

One who goes between, or intercedes; a mediator. (a) One who interposes between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them. (b) One who plead…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Intermediation 74% connected

The act of coming between; intervention; interposition.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Intermediation 74% connected

The act of coming between; intervention; interposition.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mediation 74% connected

The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mediation 74% connected

The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Intercede 92% connected

To pass between; to intervene.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Intermediate 92% connected

Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermedi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mediate 92% connected

Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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