intervene
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
intervenes;
intervened;
intervening
intervenes;
intervened;
intervening
Britannica Dictionary definition of INTERVENE
[no object]
1
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to come or occur between two times or events
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Twenty years intervened between their first and last meetings.
2
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to become involved in something (such as a conflict) in order to have an influence on what happens
— often + in
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The prisoner asked me to intervene with the authorities on his behalf.
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The military had to intervene to restore order.
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We need the courts to intervene in this dispute.
3
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to happen as an unrelated event that causes a delay or problem
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We will leave on time unless some crisis intervenes.
— intervening
adjective, always used before another noun-
They have spent the intervening years trying to figure out what happened.
[noncount]
[count]
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praying for divine intervention
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This situation called for military intervention.
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The program is able to run without intervention by the user.
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medical intervention [=treatment]
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military interventions
