"interfere" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌɪntɚˈfɪɹ/ [General-American], /ˌɪntəˈfɪə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: en-us-interfere.ogg [US] Forms: interferes [present, singular, third-person], interfering [participle, present], interfered [participle, past], interfered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: Old French entreferir, from entre- + ferir (“to hit, to strike”), itself from the Latin verb ferio. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|entreferir}} Old French entreferir, {{m|fro|entre-}} entre-, {{m|fro|ferir||to hit, to strike}} ferir (“to hit, to strike”), {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|ferio}} ferio Head templates: {{en-verb}} interfere (third-person singular simple present interferes, present participle interfering, simple past and past participle interfered)
  1. (intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance. Tags: intransitive Translations (get involved, causing disturbance): мяша́ць (mjašácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), перашкаджа́ць (pjeraškadžácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), уме́швацца (umjéšvacca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), умяша́цца (umjašácca) [perfective] (Belarusian), наме́свам се (namésvam se) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), наме́ся се (namésja se) [perfective] (Bulgarian), 阻礙 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 阻碍 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 妨礙 (Chinese Mandarin), 妨碍 (fáng'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), 阻礙 (Chinese Mandarin), 阻碍 (zǔ'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), 干擾 (Chinese Mandarin), 干扰 (gānrǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 插手 (chāshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 干預 (Chinese Mandarin), 干预 (gānyù) (Chinese Mandarin), vměšovat se [imperfective] (Czech), vmísit se [perfective] (Czech), dãampuuge (Farefare), sekaantua (Finnish), sotkeutua (Finnish), se mêler (de) (French), entraver (French), perturber (French), entremeter (Galician), interferir (Galician), eingreifen (German), sich einmischen (German), stören (German), beleavatkozik (Hungarian), impicciarsi [reflexive] (Italian), 妨げる (samatageru) (alt: さまたげる) (Japanese), 干渉する (kanshō suru) (alt: かんしょうする) (Japanese), おせっかいをする (o-sekkai o suru) (Japanese), 방해하다 (banghaehada) (Korean), 간섭하다 (ganseophada) (Korean), interveniō (Latin), се вмешува (se vmešuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), се вмеша (se vmeša) [perfective] (Macedonian), whawhe (Maori), raweke (Maori), auwaha (Maori), hūrau (Maori), پرمقلمق (parmaklamak) (Ottoman Turkish), یاپشمق (yapışmak) (Ottoman Turkish), wtrącać się [imperfective] (Polish), wtrącić się [perfective] (Polish), меша́ть (mešátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), препя́тствовать (prepjátstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вме́шиваться (vméšivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), вмеша́ться (vmešátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), vmiešať sa [perfective] (Slovak), involvera (Swedish), lägga sig i (Swedish), міша́ти (mišáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), перешкоджа́ти (pereškodžáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), умі́шуватися (umíšuvatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), уміша́тися (umišátysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-interfere-en-verb-HXd21Ypa Disambiguation of 'get involved, causing disturbance': 78 9 10 2
  2. (intransitive, physics) (of waves) To be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Physics Translations (be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed): интерфери́рам (interferíram) [imperfective, perfective] (Bulgarian), interferir (Catalan), dãampuuge (Farefare), interferoida (Finnish), interférer (French), musterbildend gegenseitig beeinflussen [reflexive] (German), kohärent überlagern [reflexive] (German), interferieren (German), интерфери́ровать (interferírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), interferir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-interfere-en-verb-OAxC~wT- Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed': 3 87 9 1
  3. (mostly of horses) To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs. Translations (strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs): hivuttaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-interfere-en-verb-QohfTeq1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 38 47 2 Disambiguation of 'strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs': 2 5 93 0
  4. (intransitive, followed by "with") To sexually molest, especially of a child. Tags: intransitive Translations (sexually molest): häiritä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-interfere-en-verb-2omY8esT Disambiguation of 'sexually molest': 2 4 3 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: enterfere [obsolete] Derived forms: interference, small interfering RNA Related terms: busy body, interferometry

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        "(intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance."
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          "roman": "namésvam se",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
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          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
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          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "妨礙"
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          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "妨碍"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zǔ'ài",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "阻碍"
        },
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          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "干擾"
        },
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          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gānrǎo",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "干扰"
        },
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          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chāshǒu",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "插手"
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          "roman": "gānyù",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "干预"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "vměšovat se"
        },
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          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "gur",
          "lang": "Farefare",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "dãampuuge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "sekaantua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "sotkeutua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "se mêler (de)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "entraver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "perturber"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "entremeter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "interferir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "eingreifen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "sich einmischen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "stören"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "beleavatkozik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "tags": [
            "reflexive"
          ],
          "word": "impicciarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "alt": "さまたげる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "samatageru",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "妨げる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "alt": "かんしょうする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kanshō suru",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "干渉する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "o-sekkai o suru",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "おせっかいをする"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "banghaehada",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "방해하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ganseophada",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "간섭하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "interveniō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "se vmešuva",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "се вмешува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "se vmeša",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "се вмеша"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "whawhe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "raweke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "auwaha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "hūrau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "parmaklamak",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "پرمقلمق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "yapışmak",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "یاپشمق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wtrącać się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wtrącić się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mešátʹ",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "меша́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prepjátstvovatʹ",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "препя́тствовать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vméšivatʹsja",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "вме́шиваться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vmešátʹsja",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "вмеша́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "vmiešať sa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "involvera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "word": "lägga sig i"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "mišáty",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "міша́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pereškodžáty",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "перешкоджа́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "umíšuvatysja",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "умі́шуватися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 10 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "umišátysja",
          "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "уміша́тися"
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          "name": "Physics",
          "orig": "en:Physics",
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            "All topics",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations interfere the listener hears nothing but noise.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(of waves) To be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed."
      ],
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, physics) (of waves) To be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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          "_dis1": "3 87 9 1",
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          "roman": "interferíram",
          "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "интерфери́рам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 9 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
          "word": "interferir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 9 1",
          "code": "gur",
          "lang": "Farefare",
          "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
          "word": "dãampuuge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 9 1",
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          "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
          "word": "interferoida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 9 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
          "word": "interférer"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 87 9 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
          "tags": [
            "reflexive"
          ],
          "word": "musterbildend gegenseitig beeinflussen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 9 1",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
          "tags": [
            "reflexive"
          ],
          "word": "kohärent überlagern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 9 1",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
          "word": "interferieren"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 87 9 1",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "interferírovatʹ",
          "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "интерфери́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 9 1",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "word": "interferir"
        }
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        "To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs."
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        "(mostly of horses) To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs."
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        {
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          "_dis1": "2 4 3 92",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "sexually molest",
          "word": "häiritä"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˌɪntəˈfɪə(ɹ)/",
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "mjašácʹ",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "мяша́ць"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
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    {
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      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
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      ],
      "word": "умяша́цца"
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    {
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      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "наме́свам се"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "namésja se",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "наме́ся се"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "阻礙"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "阻碍"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
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      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "阻碍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "妨礙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fáng'ài",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "妨碍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "阻礙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǔ'ài",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "阻碍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "干擾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gānrǎo",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "干扰"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chāshǒu",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "插手"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "干預"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gānyù",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "干预"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "dãampuuge"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "sekaantua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "sotkeutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "se mêler (de)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "entraver"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "perturber"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "entremeter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "interferir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "eingreifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "sich einmischen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "stören"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "beleavatkozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
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      "word": "impicciarsi"
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    {
      "alt": "さまたげる",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "samatageru",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "妨げる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かんしょうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kanshō suru",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "干渉する"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "o-sekkai o suru",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "おせっかいをする"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "banghaehada",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "방해하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ganseophada",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "간섭하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "interveniō"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "se vmešuva",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "се вмешува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "se vmeša",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "се вмеша"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "whawhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "raweke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "auwaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "hūrau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "parmaklamak",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "پرمقلمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "yapışmak",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "یاپشمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wtrącać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wtrącić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mešátʹ",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "меша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prepjátstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "препя́тствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vméšivatʹsja",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вме́шиваться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vmešátʹsja",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вмеша́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vmiešať sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "involvera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "word": "lägga sig i"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mišáty",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "міша́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pereškodžáty",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перешкоджа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "umíšuvatysja",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "умі́шуватися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "umišátysja",
      "sense": "get involved, causing disturbance",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уміша́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "interferíram",
      "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "интерфери́рам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
      "word": "interferir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
      "word": "dãampuuge"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
      "word": "interferoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
      "word": "interférer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "musterbildend gegenseitig beeinflussen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "kohärent überlagern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
      "word": "interferieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "interferírovatʹ",
      "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "интерфери́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed",
      "word": "interferir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs",
      "word": "hivuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sexually molest",
      "word": "häiritä"
    }
  ],
  "word": "interfere"
}

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