intermediate
/ˌɪntəˈmiːdiət/ adjectiveDefinition
› intermediate activities or decisions happen during a process, rather than at the beginning or end of it: The five-month program has been broken down into a series of separate, intermediate goals. Fed officials warned that there were many intermediate issues to be dealt with before making definitive changes to their economic forecast.
› having reached a fairly good level of skill or knowledge: Only 14% of British workers had intermediate level vocational qualifications, compared with 46% in Germany. The resort offers excellent skiing whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced.
(Definition of intermediate adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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