Meaning & Definition of Intervene in English
English⟶
Intervene
/ɪntərvin/
verb
1. Get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
- "Why did the u.s. not intervene earlier in ww ii?"
synonym:
- intervene,
- step in,
- interfere,
- interpose
2. Be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events
- "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"
- "Eight days intervened"
synonym:
- intervene
3. Occur between other event or between certain points of time
- "The war intervened between the birth of her two children"
synonym:
- intervene
Examples of using
If you intervene, they will also intervene.
Do not intervene in matters which do not concern you!