vverb.socialget involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of forceSynset:interfere interpose intervene step in
Examples:- Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?
Derivationally Related Form:interferenceinterventionintervenor
Hypernyms:interact
Inherited Hypernyms:interveneinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:interlopemeddletamper
Full Troponyms:interlopemeddle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.stativebe placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and eventsExamples:- This interludes intervenes between the two movements
- Eight days intervened
Hypernyms:lie
Inherited Hypernyms:interveneliebe
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
vverb.changeoccur between other event or between certain points of timeExamples:- the war intervened between the birth of her two children
Hypernyms:come about fall out go on hap happen occur pass pass off take place
Inherited Hypernyms:intervenehappen
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
adj satadj.alloccurring or falling between events or points in timeExamples:- so much had happened during the intervening years
Antonyms:lateearly
Inherited Hypernyms:intervening
Similar to:middle