intervene (verb)

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• intervene — ► VERB 1) come between so as to prevent or alter the result or course of events. 2) (usu. as adj. intervening) occur or be between or among. DERIVATIVES intervener (also intervenor) noun. ORIGIN Latin intervenire come between …   English terms dictionary

• intervene — verb ADVERB ▪ actively, directly ▪ personally ▪ The President intervened personally in the crisis. ▪ decisively ▪ Government often intervenes …   Collocations dictionary

• intervene — in‧ter‧vene [ˌɪntəˈviːn ǁ tər ] verb [intransitive] to become involved in a situation in order to help deal with a problem: • The Federal Reserve Bank had to intervene to support the dollar (= buy the currency to keep it from falling ) .… …   Financial and business terms

• intervene — in·ter·vene /ˌin tər vēn/ vi ven·ed, ven·ing 1: to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events may be held liable even though other independent agencies intervene between his negligence and the ultimate result Hooks Superx Inc. v.… …   Law dictionary

• intervene — verb (I) 1 to do something to try and stop a quarrel, or a war, or to deal with a problem, especially one that you are not directly involved in (+ in): The police don t usually like to intervene in disputes between husbands and wives. | The… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• intervene — verb a) To come between, or to be between, persons or things; followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa. b) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the… …   Wiktionary

• intervene — verb 1》 come between so as to prevent or alter something.     ↘occur as a delay or obstacle to something being done.     ↘interrupt verbally.     ↘Law interpose in a lawsuit as a third party. 2》 [usu. as adjective intervening] occur in time… …   English new terms dictionary

• intervene — verb 1) had the war not intervened, they might have married Syn: occur, happen, take place, arise, crop up, come about; literary come to pass, befall, betide 2) she intervened in the dispute Syn: intercede, involve oneself …   Thesaurus of popular words

• intervene — verb Syn: intercede, involve oneself, get involved, step in, interfere, intrude …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• intervene — [[t]ɪ̱ntə(r)vi͟ːn[/t]] intervenes, intervening, intervened 1) VERB If you intervene in a situation, you become involved in it and try to change it. The situation calmed down when police intervened... [V in n] The Government is doing nothing to… …   English dictionary

• intervene */ — UK [ˌɪntə(r)ˈviːn] / US [ˌɪntərˈvɪn] verb [intransitive] Word forms intervene : present tense I/you/we/they intervene he/she/it intervenes present participle intervening past tense intervened past participle intervened 1) to become involved in a… …   English dictionary