interferencenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌɪn.təˈfɪə.rəns/us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈfɪr.əns/C1 an occasion when someone tries to interfere in a situation:
She seems to regard any advice or help from me as interference.
The government's interference in the strike has been widely criticized.
C2 noise or other electronic signals that stop you from getting good pictures or sound on a television or radio
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- The political subtext of her novel is a criticism of government interference in individual lives.
- In the end he moved to another part of the country to escape his mother's continual interference in his private life.
- They dreamed of a new world order, composed of co-operating independent nation states, free from outside interference.
- Now can I please get on with the job, without any more interference from you?
- I'm sorry if he sees it as interference - we were only trying to be helpful.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Getting involved for one's own benefit or against others' will
- a piece/slice of the action idiom
- act
- action
- bandwagon
- be in bed with idiom
- bed
- get
- get in on sth
- glom onto sth/sb
- have a finger in every pie idiom
- have a finger in the pie idiom
- horn
- horn in
- interfere
- intrude
- jump/climb/get on the bandwagon idiom
- meddle
- snoot
- stick your snoot in/into (sth) idiom
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Communications - general words
Idiom(s)
run interference