INTERVENE
Dictionary entry overview: What does intervene mean?
• INTERVENE (verb)
The verb INTERVENE has 3 senses:
1. get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
2. be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events
3. occur between other event or between certain points of time
Familiarity information: INTERVENE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• INTERVENE (verb)
Meaning:
Get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
intervene; step in; interfere; interpose
Context example:
Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?
Hypernyms (to "intervene" is one way to...):
interact (act together or towards others or with others)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "intervene"):
meddle; tamper (intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly)
interlope (encroach on the rights of others, as in trading without a proper license)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context examples:
This interludes intervenes between the two movements / Eight days intervened
Hypernyms (to "intervene" is one way to...):
lie (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Occur between other event or between certain points of time
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
the war intervened between the birth of her two children
Hypernyms (to "intervene" is one way to...):
come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
