intervene
🇺🇸
/ˌɪntərˈviːn/
🇬🇧
/ˌɪntəˈviːn/
verb
C1
to step in to help or fix a situation
The teacher had to intervene to stop the fight between the students.
R
to interrupt someone while they are speaking
He tried to intervene with a question during the meeting.
R
to happen and cause a delay or stop something
Bad weather may intervene and cancel our picnic plans.
R
to come between two events or times
Many changes intervened between their first meeting and marriage.
translation
to step in to help or fix a situation; to interrupt someone while they are speaking; to happen and cause a delay or stop something; to come between two events or times
Word Forms
3rd Present
intervenes
Past
intervened
Perfect
intervened
Progressive
intervening