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

How to pronounce intervene?

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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. Mario Draghi:

   We will continue to meet our responsibility -- we will do what we must to raise inflation and inflation expectations as fast as possible, If on its current trajectory our policy is not effective enough to achieve this ... we would step up the pressure and broaden even more the channels through which we intervene.

2. New ZealandPolice SuperintendentPaul Basham:

   This was a fast-moving and extremely traumatic event for every person in the supermarket - for the victims who were stabbed, for those who were present who tried to intervene, and those who had to flee to a place of safety, while we are satisfied we have the person responsible in our custody, we are in the very early stages of our investigation into the circumstances.

3. Nancy Pelosi:

   On the very first day that the Democratic Majority held the gavel, the House of Representatives voted to intervene against Republicans' monstrous health care lawsuit to defend people with pre-existing conditions and the health care of all Americans, while The Trump administration on Monday broadens The Trump administration on Monday monstrous ambitions from destroying protections for pre-existing conditions to tearing down every last benefit and protection The Affordable Care Act provides, Democrats are fiercely defending the law of the land and protecting all Americans' health care.

4. Avigdor Lieberman:

   The court, which after more than 200,000 killed in Syria did not see fit to intervene ... finds it necessary to 'examine' the most moral army in the world, we will act in the international arena in order to bring an end to this court.

5. Richard Thompson:

   That's really the place where you want to intervene and the place where you want the data. It's far simpler to count and identify the microplastics of the future.

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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