intervene C1 Topic:Cause, Change & Process US /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈviːn/ See IPA manual Freq #10875 Meanings 1 verb To become involved in a situation in order to change or stop something. The police had to intervene to stop the fight. 2 verb To happen between two events or points in time. Several years intervened before they met again. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to become involved in a... interferestep ininterpose Word family Forms intervenedintervenesintervening Derived forms intervenabilityintervenableinterveneeintervenorinterventivereintervene Related forms intervenerintervention Etymology AI details Back-formation from intervention, and/or from Latin interveniō (“come between”, verb). *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Cause, Change & Process Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # intervene **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈviːn/ **Frequency rank:** 10875 ## Meanings 1. To become involved in a situation in order to change or stop something. 2. To happen between two events or points in time. ## Examples - The police had to intervene to stop the fight. - Several years intervened before they met again. ## Derived Forms - intervenability - intervenable - intervenee - intervenor - interventive - reintervene ## Related Forms - intervener - intervention ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *gʷem- ## Etymology Back-formation from intervention, and/or from Latin interveniō (“come between”, verb). ## AI Etymology Intervene is a back-formation from intervention, and/or from Latin interveniō (“come between”, verb). The historical chain includes *gʷem- (Proto-Indo-European). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as intervenability, intervenable, intervenee, and intervenor and related forms such as intervener and intervention. In present use it covers to become involved in a situation in order to change or stop something and to happen between two events or points in time. ## Topics - Cause, Change & Process - Actions & Processes markdown