ALL meanings of intervene
in·ter·vene
I i - verb without object intervene to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate. 1
- verb without object intervene to occur or be between two things. 1
- verb without object intervene to occur or happen between other events or periods: Nothing important intervened between the meetings. 1
- verb without object intervene (of things) to occur incidentally so as to modify or hinder: We enjoyed the picnic until a thunderstorm intervened. 1
- verb without object intervene to interfere with force or a threat of force: to intervene in the affairs of another country. 1
- verb without object intervene Law. to interpose and become a party to a suit pending between other parties. 1
- noun intervene Come between so as to prevent or alter a result or course of events. 1
- intransitive verb intervene person: step in 1
- intransitive verb intervene occur between two times 1
- intransitive verb intervene physically: come between 1
- verb intervene (Transitive Verb) VI To come between, or to be between, persons or things. 0
- verb intervene (Intransitive Verb) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened (i.e. between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking. 0
- verb intervene (Intransitive Verb) To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel; get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action. 0
- verb intervene (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. 0
- verb intervene If you intervene in a situation, you become involved in it and try to change it. 0
- verb intervene If you intervene, you interrupt a conversation in order to add something to it. 0
- verb intervene If an event intervenes, it happens suddenly in a way that stops, delays, or prevents something from happening. 0
- verb intervene to take a decisive or intrusive role (in) in order to modify or determine events or their outcome 0
- verb intervene to come or be (among or between) 0
- verb intervene (of a period of time) to occur between events or points in time 0
- verb intervene (of an event) to disturb or hinder a course of action 0
- verb intervene to take action to affect the market forces of an economy, esp to maintain the stability of a currency 0
- verb intervene to interpose and become a party to a legal action between others, esp in order to protect one's interests 0
- intransitive verb intervene to come, be, or lie between 0
- intransitive verb intervene to take place between two events, points of time, etc. 0
- intransitive verb intervene to come or be in between as something unnecessary or irrelevant 0
- intransitive verb intervene to come between as an influence, as in order to modify, settle, or hinder some action, argument, etc. 0
- intransitive verb intervene to come in as a third party to a suit, to protect one's own interests 0