interfere

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

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.

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Multiword verbs with interfere

interfere with Prepositional verb B2

to disrupt the proper operation or progress of something

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Synonyms

1 verb · to get involved in... intervene

Word family

Forms interferedinterferesinterfering

Derived forms interferantinterferenceinterfererinterferinglyinterferingnessinterferograminterferometerinterferonnoninterferingreinterfereuninterfered

Related forms interferometry

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interfere with
to disrupt the proper operation or progress of something

Verb + preposition/particle

Etymology

From Old French entreferir, from entre- + ferir (“to hit, to strike”), itself from the Latin verb ferio.

entreferir Old French

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# 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
- Actions & Processes

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