intervene

Pronunciation: /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈviːn/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
  2. verb be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events
  3. verb occur between other event or between certain points of time

Etymology

Back-formation from intervention, and/or from Latin interveniō (“come between”, verb).

In classic literature

Synonyms

step in, interfere, interpose

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
interact
Narrower (hyponyms)
interlope, meddle

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