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{
"term": "intervene",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "intervene",
"heSheIt": "intervenes"
},
"pastSimple": "intervened",
"pastParticiple": "intervened",
"ingForm": "intervening"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to become involved in a situation in order to improve or help it",
"sensetop": "intervene in somethingintervene between A and Bintervene against somebodyintervene (with somebody) (on behalf of somebody)intervene to do something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She might have been killed if the neighbours hadn't intervened."
},
{
"text": "The President intervened personally in the crisis.",
"contextForm": "intervene in something"
},
{
"text": "She went over to intervene between the two men.",
"contextForm": "intervene between A and B"
},
{
"text": "They would not intervene against the rebels themselves.",
"contextForm": "intervene against somebody"
},
{
"text": "attempts to intervene with the authorities on the prisoners' behalf",
"contextForm": "intervene (with somebody) (on behalf of somebody)"
},
{
"text": "They intervened to halt the attack.",
"contextForm": "intervene to do something"
},
{
"text": "Eventually, the army was forced to intervene."
},
{
"text": "Government often intervenes decisively in major professional issues in medicine."
},
{
"text": "Intervening militarily will not bring peace."
},
{
"text": "Local people feel strongly about the proposed development but are virtually powerless to intervene."
},
{
"text": "Nurses should be ready to intervene on behalf of their patients."
},
{
"text": "Our government has no right to intervene."
},
{
"text": "She was reluctant to intervene in what was essentially a private dispute."
},
{
"text": "The King intervened personally on behalf of the children."
},
{
"text": "The UN refused to intervene."
},
{
"text": "Teachers should learn when to intervene and when to let the students do the talking."
},
{
"text": "The EU refuses to intervene to control the trade."
}
],
"topics": ["Discussion and agreement"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["actively", "directly", "personally"],
"verb + intervene": ["be forced to", "have to", "be powerless to"],
"preposition": ["against", "between", "in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to interrupt somebody when they are speaking in order to say something",
"sensetop": "(+ speech)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘But,’ she intervened, ‘what about the others?’"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to happen in a way that delays something or prevents it from happening",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They were planning to get married and then the war intervened."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to exist between two events or places",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I saw nothing of her during the years that intervened."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪntəˈviːn/",
"audio": "in/intervene/intervene__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪntəˈviːnz/",
"audio": "in/intervene/intervenes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪntəˈviːnd/",
"audio": "in/intervene/intervened__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪntəˈviːnɪŋ/",
"audio": "in/intervene/intervening__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪntərˈviːn/",
"audio": "in/intervene/intervene__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪntərˈviːnz/",
"audio": "in/intervene/intervenes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪntərˈviːnd/",
"audio": "in/intervene/intervened__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪntərˈviːnɪŋ/",
"audio": "in/intervene/intervening__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘come in as an extraneous factor or thing’): from Latin intervenire, from inter- ‘between’ + venire ‘come’."
}