intervene
[verb]
Synonyms:
- involve oneself, arbitrate, intercede, interfere, intrude, mediate, step in (informal), take a hand (informal)
- happen, befall, come to pass, ensue, occur, take place

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Related Words: divide, part, separate, sever

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

in‧ter‧vene AC /ˌɪntəˈviːn $ -tər-/ verb
[Word Family: verb: intervene; noun: intervention]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: intervenire, from venire 'to come']

1. [intransitive] to become involved in an argument, fight, or other difficult situation in order to change what happens
intervene in
The police don’t usually like to intervene in disputes between husbands and wives.
The army will have to intervene to prevent further fighting.

2. [intransitive and transitive] to interrupt someone when they are speaking:
‘Stop shouting, Emily,’ John intervened.

3. [intransitive] if an event intervenes, it delays or interrupts something else:
He was just establishing his career when the war intervened.

4. [intransitive] if a period of time intervenes, it comes between two events:
In the six years that intervened, I saw them once.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

intervene
verb
I. become involved in a situation
ADV. actively, directly | personally | decisively | effectively, successfully | militarily Intervening militarily will not bring peace.
VERB + INTERVENE be forced to, have to Eventually, the army was forced to intervene.
be reluctant to | be powerless to Local people feel strongly about the proposed development but are virtually powerless to intervene.
have the power to, have the right to Our government has no right to intervene.
refuse to The UN refused to intervene.
PREP. against They would not intervene against the rebels themselves.
between She went over to intervene between the two men.
in She was reluctant to intervene in what was essentially a private dispute.
on behalf of The King intervened personally on behalf of the children.
with to intervene with the authorities on the prisoners' behalf

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