Intervene - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌɪntərˈviːn|  American pronunciation of the word intervene
Brit.  |ɪntəˈviːn|  British pronunciation of the word intervene

verb

- get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force (syn: interfere, interpose, step in)
Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?
- be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events
This interludes intervenes between the two movements
Eight days intervened
- occur between other event or between certain points of time
the war intervened between the birth of her two children

Extra examples

Twenty years intervened between their first and last meetings.

The prisoner asked me to intervene with the authorities on his behalf.

The military had to intervene to restore order.

We will leave on time unless some crisis intervenes.

The chairman felt that it was his place to intervene in the disagreement between two of his committee members.

Between the next two cantos intervenes the well known cradle song.

The police don't usually like to intervene in disputes between husbands and wives.

The army will have to intervene to prevent further fighting.

'Stop shouting, Emily,' John intervened.

He was just establishing his career when the war intervened.

In the six years that intervened I saw them once.

Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?

This interludes intervenes between the two movements

Eight days intervened

...he got a biff in the noggin as his reward for trying to intervene in the fight...

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: intervene
he/she/it: intervenes
present participle: intervening
past tense: intervened
past participle: intervened
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