Definitions for intervene
ˌɪn tərˈvinin·ter·vene

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. intervene, step in, interfere, interposeverb

   get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force

   "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"

2. interveneverb

   be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events

   "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"

3. interveneverb

   occur between other event or between certain points of time

   "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. interveneverb

   To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.

2. interveneverb

   To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking.

3. interveneverb

   To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel; get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action

4. interveneverb

   In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Intervenenoun

   Opposition, or perhaps interview. A word out of use.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   They had some sharper and some milder differences, which might easily happen in such an intervene of grandees, both vehement on the parts which they swayed. Henry Wotton.

2. To Interveneverb

   To come between things or persons; to be intercepted; to make intervals.

   Etymology: intervenio, Lat. intervenir, Fr.

   While so near each other thus all day
   Our task we chuse, what wonder, if so near,
   Looks intervene, and smiles. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. ix.

   Esteem the danger of an action, and the possibilities of miscarriage, and every cross accident that can intervene, to be either a mercy on God's part, or a fault on ours. Taylor.

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1. intervene

   To intervene is to become involved in a situation, conflict, or process in order to alter its course or outcome, often with the aim of helping to resolve an issue or prevent a certain result. This involvement can take place in various fields such as politics, medicine, law, or in personal situations.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Interveneverb

   to come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa

2. Interveneverb

   to occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking

3. Interveneverb

   to interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel

4. Interveneverb

   in a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter

5. Interveneverb

   to come between

6. Intervenenoun

   a coming between; intervention; meeting

7. Etymology: [L. intervenire, interventum, to intervene, to hinder; inter between + venire to come; akin to E. come: cf. F. intervenir. See Come.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Intervene

   in-tėr-vēn′, v.i. to come or be between: to occur between points of time: to happen so as to interrupt: to interpose.—v.t. (rare) to separate.—adj. Interven′ient, being or passing between: intervening.—ns. Interven′tion, intervening: interference: mediation: interposition; Interven′tionist, one who advocates interference with the course of disease rather than leaving it to nature; Interven′tor, a mediator in ecclesiastical controversies: (U.S.) a mine-inspector. [Fr.,—L. inter, between, venīre, to come.]

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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'intervene' in Verbs Frequency: #796

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of intervene in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of intervene in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of intervene in a Sentence

1. Emmanuel Macron:

   ( If France didn't intervene in 2013) you would for sure see the collapse of the Malian state, at best we will have a territorial partition with a caliphate, at worst these terrorist groups will take full control of Mali.

2. Australians Myuran Sukumaran:

   We please ask the president to use his powers and intervene and save their lives, he's the only one who can stop it and it's not too late to do so. So I please ask the president, please show mercy.

3. John Cornyn:

   What the president needs to do is focus on his job and his job is not to intervene in state and local affairs under our constitutional scheme so frankly I think his involvement in this is unwelcomed, this ought to be a choice made by local officials at the local level held accountable by their own voters.

4. Andrea Kramer:

   Ive seen them thrown into the Harbor, the city really needs to intervene before someone before someone gets hurt.

5. Bernard Cazeneuve:

   In a context like that, where there are suicide belts and the place may be rigged with explosives, and we don't know how many terrorists are present or where they are, you can't intervene until you have the site under control.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=intervene
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Intervene
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=intervene
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intervene
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=intervene