Meaning

6 senses
  1. (intransitive)To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.

    The police had to be called to intervene in the fight.

    eingreifen, einschreiten, dazwischengehen

    вмешиватьсяvméšivatʹsja, вмешатьсяvmešátʹsja

    втруча́тисяvtručátysja, втру́титисяvtrútytysja

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

  2. (intransitive)To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events.

    An instant intervened between the flash and the report.

    occur between other event or between certain points of time

  3. (intransitive)To occur or act as an obstacle or delay.

    Nothing intervened to prevent the undertaking.

    The weather intervened before the contest could get under way.

    помешатьpomešátʹ

  4. (ambitransitive)To say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people.

    вмешиватьсяvméšivatʹsja, вмешатьсяvmešátʹsja

  5. (ambitransitive)To come between, or to be between, persons or things.

    The Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.

    dazwischentreten, eingreifen, intervenieren

    вме́шиватьсяvméšivatʹsja, пройтиprojtí

    be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events

  6. 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.

    an application for leave (i.e. permission) to intervene

    beitreten

Examples

88 sentences
  1. The teacher intervened in the quarrel between the two students.

    Учитель утрутився у сварку між двома учнями. — tikan0

    deDer Lehrer schritt bei dem Streit der beiden Schüler ein. — Tamy

  2. I don't want to intervene.

    Я не хочу втручатися. — shanghainese

    ruЯ не хочу вмешиваться. — Ooneykcall

  3. We must intervene.

    Ми мусимо втрутитися. — deniko

    ruМы должны вмешаться. — marafon

  4. I promise that I won't intervene.

    ruОбещаю, что не буду вмешиваться. — marafon

  5. I feel an obligation to intervene.

    ruЯ чувствую себя обязанным вмешаться. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action:
Русский
By meaning 4
to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action:
to occur or act as an obstacle or delay:
to come between, or to be between, persons or things:
to occur, to come between, points of time, or events:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action:
to come between, or to be between, persons or things:
to occur, to come between, points of time, or events:
law: 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:

Origin

Back-formation from intervention, and/or from Latin interveniō (“come between”, verb).

Back-formation from intervention, and/or from Latin interveniō (“come between”, verb).

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Forms

intervenes, intervening, intervened, intervened
Base formintervene · to intervene
3rd person singularintervenes
Present participleintervening
Past simpleintervened
Past participleintervened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyintervene
he, she, itintervenes

Past simpleLesson

all personsintervened

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill intervene

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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