Meanings
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1
verb
To become involved in a situation in order to change or stop something.
The police had to intervene to stop the fight.
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2
verb
To happen between two events or points in time.
Several years intervened before they met again.
Thesaurus
Word family
Forms
intervenedintervenesintervening
Derived forms
intervenabilityintervenableinterveneeintervenorinterventivereintervene
Etymology
Back-formation from intervention, and/or from Latin interveniō (“come between”, verb).
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