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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
intervenes, intervening, intervened |
| definition 1: |
to enter a situation so as to change what is happening.
The teacher intervened in the children's quarrel.If the neighbor had not intervened, a tragedy might have occurred.I'm sorry to intervene, but you both have got your facts wrong.
- synonyms:
- butt in, interfere, intrude
- similar words:
- arbitrate, impinge, intercede, interpose, meddle, mediate, tamper
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| definition 2: |
to occur between certain other events or points of time.
Several events intervened between the beginning of the negotiations and the actual signing of the document.- similar words:
- befall, happen, occur, pass, take place
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| definition 3: |
to interfere in the social, political, or military affairs of another country, as with threats or military force.
The U.S. and several other countries intervened when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.- similar words:
- interfere
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| related words: |
decide, intrude |
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