intervene | | |
v. (social) | 1. interfere, interpose, intervene, step in | get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force.; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?" |
| ~ interact | act together or towards others or with others.; "He should interact more with his colleagues" |
| ~ meddle, tamper | intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly.; "Don't meddle in my affairs!" |
| ~ interlope | encroach on the rights of others, as in trading without a proper license. |
v. (stative) | 2. intervene | be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events.; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened" |
| ~ lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
v. (change) | 3. intervene | occur between other event or between certain points of time.; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
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