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intervene - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'intervene' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Intervene [ n.]
- A coming between; intervention; meeting.
2 . Intervene [ v. i.]
- To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
- To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking.
- To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.
- In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter.
3 . Intervene [ v. t.]
- To come between.

Meaning of 'intervene' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . intervene [ v]
Meaning (1):
- be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events
Example in sentence:
  • Eight days intervened;
  • This interludes intervenes between the two movements
Meaning (2):
- occur between other event or between certain points of time
Example in sentence:
  • the war intervened between the birth of her two children
Meaning (3):
- get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
Example in sentence:
  • Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?

Nearby Words:

intact intactable intactible intagli intagliated intaglio intaglius intail intake intaminated

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