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

• intervene — v. 1) (D; intr.) to intervene between 2) (D; intr.) to intervene in; with (to intervene in smb. s affairs; to intervene with the authorities) * * * [ˌɪntə viːn] with (to intervene in smb. s affairs; to intervene with the authorities) (D;intr.) to …   Combinatory dictionary

• 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 — 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 — 01. Police [intervened] in the demonstration when it began to get violent. 02. The government has so far refused to [intervene] in the transit strike. 03. We spent the [intervening] time between our flights looking over our maps, and planning our …   Grammatical examples in English

• 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 in — phr verb Intervene in is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑minister, ↑president Intervene in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑politics …   Collocations 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 — intransitive verb ( vened; vening) Etymology: Latin intervenire to come between, from inter + venire to come more at come Date: 1587 1. to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events < only six months intervened between their marriage… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• intervene — /in teuhr veen /, v.i., intervened, intervening. 1. to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate. 2. to occur or be between two things. 3. to occur or happen between other events or periods: Nothing important intervened… …   Universalium

• intervene — in•ter•vene [[t]ˌɪn tərˈvin[/t]] v. i. vened, ven•ing 1) cvb to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate 2) gov to occur or be between two things 3) to occur between other events or periods: Nothing important has… …   From formal English to slang