interfere B2 Topic:Business & Commerce US /ˌɪn.tɚˈfɪɚ/ UK /ˌɪn.təˈfɪə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual Freq #4313 Meanings 1 verb to get involved in something that is not your business, causing trouble. I always try not to interfere with other people's personal affairs. 2 verb to get in the way of something and stop it from happening properly. Your talking interferes with my work. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to get involved in... intervene Word family Forms interferedinterferesinterfering Derived forms interferantinterferenceinterfererinterferinglyinterferingnessinterferograminterferometerinterferonnoninterferingreinterfereuninterfered Related forms interferometry Common collocations interfere with Verb + preposition/particle Etymology AI details From Old French entreferir, from entre- + ferir (“to hit, to strike”), itself from the Latin verb ferio. entreferir Old French View etymology graph -> Topics Business & Commerce External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # interfere **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˌɪn.tɚˈfɪɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌɪn.təˈfɪə(ɹ)/ **Frequency rank:** 4313 ## Meanings 1. to get involved in something that is not your business, causing trouble. 2. to get in the way of something and stop it from happening properly. ## Examples - I always try not to interfere with other people's personal affairs. - Your talking interferes with my work. ## Derived Forms - interferant - interference - interferer - interferingly - interferingness - interferogram - interferometer - interferon - noninterfering - reinterfere - uninterfered ## Related Forms - interferometry ## Roots and Affixes - Root: entreferir ## Etymology From Old French entreferir, from entre- + ferir (“to hit, to strike”), itself from the Latin verb ferio. ## AI Etymology Interfere comes from Old French entreferir, from entre- + ferir (“to hit, to strike”), itself from the Latin verb ferio. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. ## Topics - Business & Commerce markdown