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1. (v.i.) intervene
to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate.
2. intervene
to occur or be between two things.
3. intervene
to occur between other events or periods:
Nothing important has intervened.
4. intervene
to occur incidentally so as to modify or hinder:
We enjoyed the picnic until the rain intervened.
5. intervene
to interfere with force or a threat of force:
to intervene in the affairs of another country.
6. intervene
to become a party to a legal suit pending between other parties, esp. in an attempt to protect one's personal interests.
Etymology: (1580–90; < L intervenīre to come between =inter-inter - +venīre to come)
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| Definition of 'intervene' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) intervene, step in, interfere, interpose
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. (verb) intervene
be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events
"This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"
3. (verb) intervene
occur between other event or between certain points of time
"the war intervened between the birth of her two children"
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1. (verb) intervene
to get involved in order to change what is happening
He had to intervene when a fight broke out.; Should the state intervene in family life?
2. intervene
(of time) to happen or take place
Five years intervened before the second meeting.
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| Definition of 'intervene' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) intervene
a coming between; intervention; meeting
2. (verb) intervene
to come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa
3. (verb) intervene
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
4. (verb) intervene
to interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel
5. (verb) intervene
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
6. (verb) intervene
to come between
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Sense: to interfere in a quarrel
He intervened in the dispute.
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 Afrikaans: tussenbeide kom |
 Arabic: يَتَدَخَّل في نِزاع |
 Bulgarian: намесвам се |
 Brazilian: intervir |
 Czech: zasáhnout |
 German: eingreifen |
 Danish: gribe ind |
 Greek: μεσολαβώ, παρεμβαίνω |
 Spanish: intervenir |
 Estonian: vahele segama |
 Farsi: جدا کردن؛ پادرمیانی کردن |
 Finnish: mennä väliin |
 French: intervenir (dans) |
 Hebrew: לְהִתעָרֵב |
 Hindi: बीच में घटित होना, रोकना |
 Croatian: intervenirati |
 Hungarian: közbelép, beavatkozik |
 Indonesian: ikut campur |
 Icelandic: skerastí leikinn |
 Italian: intervenire |
 Japanese: 仲裁をする |
 Korean: 조정(調停)하다 |
 Lithuanian: įsikišti |
 Latvian: iejaukties |
 Malay: campur tangan |
 Dutch: tussenbeide komen |
 Norwegian: gripe inn, legge seg i me |
 Polish: wtrącać się |
 Persian: جدا کردن؛ پادرمیانی کردن |
 Pashto: جلا كول |
 Portuguese: intervir |
 Romanian: a interveni (în) |
 Russian: вмешиваться |
 Slovak: zasiahnuť, zakročiť |
 Slovenian: posredovati |
 Serbian: intervenisati |
 Swedish: gå (träda) emellan, inter |
 Thai: แทรกแซง |
 Turkish: karışmak |
 Taiwanese: 干預 |
 Ukrainian: втручатися |
 Urdu: مداخلت کرنا |
 Vietnamese: can thiệp |
 Chinese: 干预 |
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