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intervene
What does intervene mean?
intervene (verb): to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use intervene in a sentence?
- Should we intervene? (Tatoeba sentence #2249951 by CK, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce intervene?
/ˌɪntɚˈvin/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does intervene come from?
Back-formation from intervention, and/or from Latin interveniō (“come between”, verb).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to intervene
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “intervene” mean?
to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action
Right! That's what “intervene” means.
to promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing
Not quite: that's what foster means.
to pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty
Not quite: that's what drag means.
make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
Not quite: that's what develop means.
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