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Meaning of intervene in English
Pronunciation
/ˌɪn(t)ərˈvin/
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Verb
intervene
Etymology
late 16th century (in the sense ‘come in as an extraneous factor or thing’): from Latin intervenire, from inter-‘between’ + venire‘come’
Definitions
1.
get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
Examples
« Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II? »
2.
be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events
Examples
« This interludes intervenes between the two movements »
« Eight days intervened »
3.
occur between other event or between certain points of time
Examples
« the war intervened between the birth of her two children »