Meaning

4 senses
  1. (intransitive)To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

    I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.

    eingreifen, sich einmischen, stören

    меша́тьmešátʹ, препя́тствоватьprepjátstvovatʹ, вме́шиватьсяvméšivatʹsja

    міша́тиmišáty, перешкоджа́тиpereškodžáty, умі́шуватисяumíšuvatysja

    get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force

  2. (intransitive)Of waves, to be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed.

    Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.

    Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations interfere the listener hears nothing but noise.

    musterbildend gegenseitig beeinflussen, kohärent überlagern, interferieren

    интерфери́роватьinterferírovatʹ

  3. Of a horse, to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle by using the legs.

  4. (intransitive)To sexually molest, especially of a child.

    The investigation found the girls had been interfered with.

Examples

192 sentences
  1. Don't interfere in other people's affairs.

    Не втручайся у чужі справи.

    ruНе вмешивайся в чужие дела.

    deMisch dich nicht in anderer Leute Angelegenheiten ein.

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  2. I just don't want Tom interfering.

    Я просто не хочу, аби Том втручався.

    ruЯ просто не хочу, чтобы Том вмешивался.

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  3. I think that Tom is interfering.

    Мені здається, Том заважає.

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  4. Flies and mosquitoes interfered with his meditation.

    Мухи та комарі заважали йому медитувати.

    ruМухи и комары помешали ему медитировать.

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  5. Don't interfere with Tom while he is reading.

    Не заважай Тому, коли він читає.

    ruНе мешайте Тому, когда он читает.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
get involved, causing disturbance:
Русский
By meaning 2
get involved, causing disturbance:
be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
get involved, causing disturbance:
be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed:

Origin

From Old French entreferir, from entre- + ferir (“to hit, to strike”), itself from the Lat

From Old French entreferir, from entre- + ferir (“to hit, to strike”), itself from the Latin verb ferio.

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Forms

interferes, interfering, interfered, interfered
Base forminterfere · to interfere
3rd person singularinterferes
Present participleinterfering
Past simpleinterfered
Past participleinterfered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinterfere
he, she, itinterferes

Past simpleLesson

all personsinterfered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave interfered
he, she, ithas interfered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill interfere

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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