| VERB | social | intervene, step in, interfere, interpose | get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat / threat of force |
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| stative | intervene | be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events | |
| change | intervene | occur between other event or between certain points of time |
| Sounds | ih.nerviy'n; ih.nterviy'n | |
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| Rhymes | Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn... | |
| Meaning | Get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat / threat of force. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?" | |
| Synonyms | step in, interfere, interpose | |
| Narrower | interlope | encroach on the rights of others, as in trading without a proper license |
| meddle, tamper | intrude in other people's affairs or business | |
| Broader | interact | Act together or towards others or with others |
| Spanish | interferir, intervenir | |
| Catalan | interferir, intervenir | |
| Nouns | intervenor | (law) a party who interposes in a pending proceeding |
| intervention | the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.) | |
| Meaning | Be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
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| Broader | lie | Be located or situated somewhere |
| Spanish | intervenir | |
| Catalan | intervenir | |
| Meaning | Occur between other event or between certain points of time. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "the war intervened between the birth of her two children" | |
| Broader | happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place | Come to pass |
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