Original Sentence:
Typically, however, main() is called by startup code that the compiler adds to your program to mediate between the program and the operating system.
mediate, verb, /'midɪet/
Definition:
1
to try to end a quarrel between two people, groups, countries etc.
to work with opposing sides in an argument or dispute in order to get an agreement.
to get (something, such as a settlement or agreement) by working with opposing sides in a dispute.
to try to end a disagreement between two or more people or groups by
talking to them and trying to find things that everyone can agree on.
to talk to two separate people or groups involved in a disagreement to try
to help them to agree or find a solution to their problems.
to try to end a disagreement between two people or groups.
to find an agreement or solution that settles a disagreement.
If someone mediates between two groups of people, or mediates an agreement between them, they try to settle an argument between them by talking to both groups and trying to find things that they can both agree to.
Example:
mediate between
UN officials mediated between the rebel fighters and the government.
The former president has agreed to mediate the peace talks.
mediate in
The court was set up to mediate in civil disputes.
He has been appointed by the government to mediate (in the dispute) between the company and the striking workers.
He has been appointed to mediate the dispute.
He is attempting to mediate a settlement between the company and the striking workers.
Negotiators are trying to mediate a cease-fire.
The Secretary-General was asked to mediate in the dispute.
An independent body was brought in to mediate between staff and management.
to mediate differences/disputes/problems.
Negotiators were called in to mediate between the two sides.
The two envoys have succeeded in mediating an end to the war.
They mediate territorial disputes between neighbouring nations.
The Bishop mediates between the demonstrators and the authorities.
Iran mediated an agreement between the two African countries last September.
My mom was the one who mediated between Zelda and her mom.
United Nations officials have mediated a series of peace meetings between the two sides.
The Vatican successfully mediated in a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile in 1984.
UN peacekeepers mediated a new cease-fire.
2
Definition:
to change the effect or influence of something, especially to make the effect less bad.
to have an effect or influence in causing (something) to happen - usually used as (be) mediated
to succeed in finding a solution to a disagreement between people or groups. SYN negotiate.
to influence sth and/or make it possible for it to happen.
to influence or cause a process or event.
If something mediates a particular process or event, it allows that process or event to happen and influences the way in which it happens.
Example:
Exercise may mediate the effects of a bad diet.
The study indicates that human aggression is partly mediated by biological factors.
They mediated a settlement.
Educational success is mediated by economic factors.
the thymus, the organ which mediates the response of the white blood cells.
People's responses to us have been mediated by their past experience of life.
mediation, noun, /midɪ'eʃən/
1
Definition:
attempts to end a problem between two or more people or groups who disagree by talking to them and trying to find things that everyone can agree on.
Example:
The agreement provides for United Nations mediation between the two sides.
mediation of the dispute.
Mediation is a way of sorting out the issues that arise when a couple separates.
The mediation process is without admission of liability.
Last-minute attempts at mediation failed.
There is still a possibility the two sides could reach a compromise through the mediation of a third party.
2
Definition:
the process of influencing something and/or make it possible for it to happen.
The species may have arrived in North America through human mediation.
This works through the mediation of the central nervous system.
mediator, noun, /ˈmidiˌetɚ/
Definition:
a person or organization that tries to end a quarrel between two people, groups, countries etc by discussion → intermediary.
Example:
a person or an organization that tries to get agreement between people or groups who disagree with each other.
An archbishop has been acting as mediator between the rebels and the authorities.
She has been appointed to act as a mediator [=intermediary] in the dispute.
to act as (a) mediator in the negotiations.
A Swedish diplomat acted as mediator between the government and the rebels.
The peace talks were chaired by international mediators.
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