Definition of Intervene
Intervene
in·ter·vene


Definition/Meaning
(verb)
To take action to stop or change a situation or process.

e.g. The government will intervene to prevent the company from going bankrupt.

(verb)
to interfere with the outcome of course, to prevent from improving or failing;

e.g. The medicine would intervene with the illness, but only to ease the pain, not stop the spread.

(verb)
to enter or appear as an irrelevant or extraneous feature or circumstance;

e.g. She was having one of those days where the world seemed to intervene and caused her to trip up.

(verb)
to occur or lie between two things;

e.g. The dogs liked to intervene during snuggle time.



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