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to become involved intentionally in a difficult situation in order to change it or improve it, or prevent it from getting worse: The superpowers began to intervene in local struggles in Africa. intervene verb [I] (COME BETWEEN) to happen between two events, or to prevent something from happening by happening first:
- Intervention
INTERVENTION definition: 1. intentional action to change a...
- English (US)
INTERVENE meaning: 1. to intentionally become involved in a...
- Vietnamese Translation
INTERVENE translate: can thiệp, ở giữa. Learn more in the...
- Portuguese Translation
INTERVENE translate: intervir, interpor-se, intervir,...
- Intervention
The meaning of INTERVENE is to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events. How to use intervene in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Intervene.
to occur or happen between other events or periods: Nothing important intervened between the meetings. (of things) to occur incidentally so as to modify or hinder: We enjoyed the picnic until a thunderstorm intervened. to interfere with force or a threat of force: to intervene in the affairs of another country.
INTERVENE meaning: 1. to intentionally become involved in a difficult situation in order to improve it or prevent it…. Learn more.
From the Latin "intervenire," meaning “to come between,” the verb intervene means just that: to get involved, to jump in the middle of something, to interfere. The verb intervene was first recorded around 1600.
1. (often foll by in) to take a decisive or intrusive role (in) in order to modify or determine events or their outcome. 2. (foll by in or between) to come or be (among or between) 3. (of a period of time) to occur between events or points in time. 4. (of an event) to disturb or hinder a course of action. 5. economics.
[intransitive] to happen in a way that delays something or prevents it from happening. They were planning to get married and then the war intervened. [intransitive] (formal) to exist between two events or places. I saw nothing of her during the years that intervened.
