intervene
11intervene — verb ADVERB ▪ actively, directly ▪ personally ▪ The President intervened personally in the crisis. ▪ decisively ▪ Government often intervenes …
12intervene — 01. Police [intervened] in the demonstration when it began to get violent. 02. The government has so far refused to [intervene] in the transit strike. 03. We spent the [intervening] time between our flights looking over our maps, and planning our …
13intervene — v. 1) (D; intr.) to intervene between 2) (D; intr.) to intervene in; with (to intervene in smb. s affairs; to intervene with the authorities) * * * [ˌɪntə viːn] with (to intervene in smb. s affairs; to intervene with the authorities) (D;intr.) to …
14intervene */ — UK [ˌɪntə(r)ˈviːn] / US [ˌɪntərˈvɪn] verb [intransitive] Word forms intervene : present tense I/you/we/they intervene he/she/it intervenes present participle intervening past tense intervened past participle intervened 1) to become involved in a… …
15intervene — [[t]ɪ̱ntə(r)vi͟ːn[/t]] intervenes, intervening, intervened 1) VERB If you intervene in a situation, you become involved in it and try to change it. The situation calmed down when police intervened... [V in n] The Government is doing nothing to… …
16intervene — in|ter|vene [ˌıntəˈvi:n US tər ] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: intervenire, from venire to come ] 1.) [I] to become involved in an argument, fight, or other difficult situation in order to change what happens intervene in ▪ The police don… …
17intervene — in|ter|vene [ ,ıntər vin ] verb intransitive * 1. ) to become involved in a situation in order to try to stop or change it: Police had to intervene when protesters blocked traffic. intervene in: The prime minister has pledged not to intervene… …
18intervene in — phr verb Intervene in is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑minister, ↑president Intervene in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑politics …
19intervene — verb (I) 1 to do something to try and stop a quarrel, or a war, or to deal with a problem, especially one that you are not directly involved in (+ in): The police don t usually like to intervene in disputes between husbands and wives. | The… …
20intervene — intransitive verb ( vened; vening) Etymology: Latin intervenire to come between, from inter + venire to come more at come Date: 1587 1. to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events < only six months intervened between their marriage… …
