liaise

Questions about liaise

What does liaise mean?

liaise means "act between parties with a view to reconciling differences".

How many syllables are in liaise?

liaise has 2 syllables and divides as li-aise under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for liaise?

Close synonyms include intercede, mediate, intermediate, arbitrate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is liaise a common word?

liaise is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.