Intervene

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To come, appear, or lie between two things: You can't see the lake from there because the house intervenes.
  • verb-intransitive. To come or occur between two periods or points of time: A year intervened between the two dynasties.
  • verb-intransitive. To occur as an extraneous or unplanned circumstance: He would have his degree by now if his laziness hadn't intervened.
  • verb-intransitive. To involve oneself in a situation so as to alter or hinder an action or development: "Every gardener faces choices about how and how much to intervene in nature's processes” ( Dora Galitzki).
  • verb-intransitive. To interfere, usually through force or threat of force, in the affairs of another nation.
  • verb-intransitive. Law To enter into a suit as a third party for one's own interests.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
  • v. 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.
  • v. To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel; get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action
  • v. 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between.
  • verb-intransitive. To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events
  • verb-intransitive. To interpose.
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • v. To come between.
  • n. A coming between; intervention; meeting.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To come between; fall or happen between things, persons, periods, or events; be intermediate, or appear or happen intermediately.
  • To come between in act; act intermediately or mediatorially; interfere or interpose, as between persons, parties, or states.
  • In law, to interpose and become a party to a suit pending between other parties: as, stockholders may intervene in a suit against directors.
  • To come between; divide.
  • n. A coming together; a meeting.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events
  • v. occur between other event or between certain points of time
  • v. get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
    • Verb Form
    intervened    intervenes    intervening   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lie    hap    take place    come about    fallout   
    Cross Reference
    intervening subject   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    interpose    intervention    meeting    occur   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aileen    Amin    Arleen    Augustin    Bean   
     
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