intrusion
The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individualThe forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.
» Sorry for the intrusion.
Entschuldigen Sie bitte die Störung.
Вибачте за вторгнення.
Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.
She viewed sales calls as an unwelcome intrusion.
The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.
(countable, uncountable)A penetration by hackers, a computer virus, etc.
The intrusion of the virus rendered our other security efforts useless.
(countable, uncountable)The insertion of a phoneme into the pronunciation of a word despite its absence from the spelling. (e.g. intrusive r)
Something that is intrusive or that has arisen from an act of intruding.
(uncountable)A feeling of being intruded upon; the state or condition of being intruded.
(countable, uncountable)Magma forced into other rock formations; the rock formed when such magma solidifies.
Intrusion, Eindringen, Intrusion
вторже́ниеvtoržénije
вто́ргненняvtórhnennja
(countable, uncountable)A structure that lies within a historic district but is nonhistoric and irrelevant to the district.
(countable, uncountable)An involuntarily arising idea or memory that is nuisant and falsifies an accurate impression of the world.
Intrusion
(collective, countable, rare, uncountable)A swarm or nest of cockroaches, infesting a structure.
When I turned on the light, scattered mats of cockroach intrusions scurried into the walls.
The sight of an intrusion had me running for an exterminator.
- entrance by force or without permission or welcome
- rock produced by an intrusive process
- the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation
- any entry into an area not previously occupied
Examples
8 sentencesSorry for the intrusion.
Вибачте за вторгнення.
deEntschuldigen Sie bitte die Störung.
Forgive the intrusion.
ruИзвините за вторжение.
deEntschuldigen Sie bitte die Störung.
He was shocked at the intrusion.
Sami immediately reported the intrusion to the police.
Let me live my life without your judgment or intrusion.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English intrusioun, from Old French intrusion, from Medieval Latin intrūsiō, fFrom Middle English intrusioun, from Old French intrusion, from Medieval Latin intrūsiō, from intrūdō, from Latin in- + trūdō.
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Forms
plural: intrusions| Singular | intrusion |
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- any entry into an area not previously occupied:invasionencroachment
- entry to another's property without right or permission:trespassencroachmentviolationusurpation
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable