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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
interposes, interposing, interposed |
| definition 1: |
to place or insert between parts or things.
- similar words:
- introduce
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| definition 2: |
to put (oneself) in a position between opposing parties, often as mediator.
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| definition 3: |
to insert (a comment, question, criticism, or the like) in the course of a conversation or speech.
Forgive my interrupting you two, but I'd like to interpose a suggestion.- similar words:
- interject
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| related words: |
drag, mediate |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to be or occur between.
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| definition 2: |
to step in between opposing parties; intervene or mediate.
- similar words:
- mediate
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| definition 3: |
to insert a comment, question, or the like; interrupt.
- similar words:
- chime in
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| related words: |
cut in, decide, intervene |
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| derivations: |
interposable (adj.), interposingly (adv.), interposal (n.), interposer (n.) |
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