See intervene in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "[…] it is plain, that shaking off a Power, which Force, and not Right, hath set over any one, though it hath the Name of Rebellion; yet is no Offence before God, but that which he allows and countenances, though even Promises and Covenants, when obtain’d by force, have intervened.",
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"ref": "1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, page 184:",
"text": "I reproach’d my self with my Easiness, that would not sow any more Corn one Year than would just serve me till the next Season, as if no Accident could intervene to prevent my enjoying the Crop that was upon the Ground;",
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{
"ref": "1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 23, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:",
"text": "[…] a numbness, an occasional stupor, fell upon my mind even in the midst of my terrors, until sleep at last intervened, and in my sea-tossed coracle I lay and dreamed of home […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1906 May–October, Jack London, chapter III, in White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 1 (The Wild):",
"text": "He kept the fire brightly blazing, for he knew that it alone intervened between the flesh of his body and their hungry fangs.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1918, Willa Cather, My Ántonia, Book 5, Chapter 1:",
"text": "I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"To occur or act as an obstacle or delay."
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"act"
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"obstacle",
"obstacle"
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[
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"delay"
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"(intransitive) To occur or act as an obstacle or delay."
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"ref": "1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo, Part 2, Chapter 4:",
"text": "Young Scarfe stared, astounded. “You haven’t met before,” Mrs. Gould intervened. “Mr. Decoud—Mr. Scarfe.”",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1970, J. G. Farrell, Troubles, New York: Knopf, published 1971, Part 2, p. 409:",
"text": "“That sounds suspiciously like bigotry to me,” intervened Maitland, sweetening his impertinence with a dimpled smile.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Rachel Kushner, chapter 10, in The Flamethrowers, New York: Scribner, page 154:",
"text": "They all talked nonstop. That is, if you didn’t intervene. They were accustomed to being interrupted.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"text": "The Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.",
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"text": "1668, Joseph Glanvill, Plus Ultra, or, The Progress and Advancement of Knowledge since the Days of Aristotle, London: James Collins, Chapter 11, p. 79,\nHow defective the Art of Navigation was in elder Times, when they Sailed by the observation of the Stars, is easie to be imagin’d: For in dark weather, when their Pleiades, Helice, and Cynosura were hidden from them by the intervening Clouds, the Mariner was at a loss for his Guide, and exposed to the casual conduct of the Winds and Tides."
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"ref": "1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, Volume 2, Book 5, Chapter 2, Part 2, Article 4, p. 522:",
"text": "If the profits of the merchant importer or merchant manufacturer were taxed, equality seemed to require that those of all the middle buyers, who intervened between either of them and the consumer, should likewise be taxed.",
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"ref": "1839 September, Thomas De Quincey, “Sketches of Life and Manners; from the Autobiography of an English Opium-Eater: Recollections of Grasmere”, in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume 6, page 569:",
"text": "[…] small fields and miniature meadows, separated […] by wild self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, holly, mountain ash, and hazel, that meander through the valley, intervening the different estates with natural sylvan marches […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1912, Zane Grey, chapter 22, in Riders of the Purple Sage:",
"text": "Venters calculated that a mile or more still intervened between them and the riders.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1979, William Styron, chapter 3, in Sophie’s Choice, New York: Bantam, published 1980, page 82:",
"text": "I had begun to eye the door and the intervening furniture, and quickly schemed out the best way of immediate exit.",
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"(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."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "preča",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"word": "преча"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"word": "eingreifen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"word": "einschreiten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"word": "dazwischengehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"word": "dazwischenfahren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"word": "intervenieren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"word": "beavatkozik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"word": "beleavatkozik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"word": "közbelép"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"word": "interveniál"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"word": "intervenire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"word": "interagire"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"word": "wawao"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vméšivatʹsja",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вмешиваться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vmešátʹsja",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вмешаться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"word": "intervenir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"word": "involucrarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"word": "interceder"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action",
"word": "meterse"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namiram se meždu",
"sense": "to occur, to come between, points of time, or events",
"word": "намирам се между"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to occur, to come between, points of time, or events",
"word": "dazwischenkommen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to occur, to come between, points of time, or events",
"word": "eintreten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to occur, to come between, points of time, or events",
"word": "vorfallen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to occur, to come between, points of time, or events",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "ereignen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to occur, to come between, points of time, or events",
"word": "közbeesik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to occur, to come between, points of time, or events",
"word": "közben eltelik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to occur, to come between, points of time, or events",
"word": "megtörténik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to occur, to come between, points of time, or events",
"word": "bekövetkezik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to occur, to come between, points of time, or events",
"word": "lezajlik"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "projtí",
"sense": "to occur, to come between, points of time, or events",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пройти"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to occur or act as an obstacle or delay",
"word": "közbejön"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pomešátʹ",
"sense": "to occur or act as an obstacle or delay",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "помешать"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people",
"word": "felszólal"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people",
"word": "közbeszól"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people",
"word": "közbevág"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people",
"word": "közbevet"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vméšivatʹsja",
"sense": "to say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "вмешиваться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vmešátʹsja",
"sense": "to say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "вмешаться"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tadaḵḵala",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "تَدَخَّلَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namesvam se",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "намесвам се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "intervenir"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jièrù",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "介入"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "zasáhnout"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "tussenkomen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "ingrijpen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "interveniëren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "sekaantua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "puuttua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "tulla väliin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "intervenir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "dazwischentreten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "eingreifen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"topics": [
"politics",
"government"
],
"word": "intervenieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "einschalten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "einschreiten"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mesolavó",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "μεσολαβώ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "közte elterül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "elválaszt"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "intervenire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "interferire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "trovarsi"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "intercēdō"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "agräifen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "interweniować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "intervir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "interceder"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vméšivatʹsja",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вме́шиваться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "intervenir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "ingripa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to come between, or to be between, persons or things",
"word": "intervenera"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "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",
"word": "intervenir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "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",
"word": "beitreten"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "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",
"word": "beavatkozik"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Intervention"
],
"word": "intervene"
}
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