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in·ter·vene
/
ˌɪn
tərˈvin
/
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[
in-ter-
veen
]
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verb (used without object),
in·ter·vened,
in·ter·ven·ing.
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 between the meetings.
4.
(of things) to occur incidentally so as to modify or hinder:
We enjoyed the picnic until a thunderstorm intervened.
5.
to interfere with
force
or a threat of force:
to intervene in the affairs of another country.
6.
Law.
to interpose and become a party to a suit pending between other parties.
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Origin:
1580–90;
<
Latin
intervenīre
to come between, equivalent to
inter-
inter-
+
venīre
to
come
; see
convene
Related forms
re·in·ter·vene,
verb (used without object),
re·in·ter·vened,
re·in·ter·ven·ing.
un·in·ter·ven·ing,
adjective
Synonyms
1.
arbitrate, interpose.
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World English Dictionary
intervene
(ˌɪntəˈviːn)
—
vb
(foll by
in
or
between
)
1.
(
often foll by
in
) to take a decisive or intrusive role (in) in order to modify or determine events or their outcome
2.
to come or be (among or between)
3.
(of a period of time) to occur between events or points in time
4.
(of an event) to disturb or hinder a course of action
5.
economics
to take action to affect the market forces of an economy, esp to maintain the stability of a currency
6.
law
to interpose and become a party to a legal action between others, esp in order to protect one's interests
[C16: from Latin
intervenīre
to come between, from
inter-
+
venīre
to come]
inter'vener
—
n
inter'venor
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
intervene
c.1600, from L. intervenire, from inter "between" + venire "to come" (see
venue
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Suppose you go out to concert or opera, there are four hours of darkness
intervening
.
Intervening
in a mouse model of disease, maintained in pathogen-free settings,
is far easier than treating healthy mice.
And it is true that the
intervening
two years have been a period of
soul-searching and re-evaluation.
Distant matters, whether rendered so by
intervening
space or time, have but an
indefinite existence for us.
Face it, bad debt needs to be liquidated, and the central bank needs to stop
intervening
allow the market to correct itself.
Over the
intervening
decades, the methods have evolved.
However, in the
intervening
years he has grown emotionally as well as physically.
Intervening
obstacles influence the pattern of migration.
And he has said he would let the housing market stabilize on its own instead of
intervening
.
Distortions in that microwave signal can reveal the shape of the
intervening
space.
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"Analogies between the stage and the screen assume that they deal with the same material. But they don't. The material of the screen is not actual objects but images fixed on the film. And the very fact that they have their being on film endows these images with properties which are never found in actual objects. For instance, on the stage the actor moves in real space and time. He cannot even cross the room without performing a definite number of movements. On the screen an action may be shown only in terminal points with all its
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