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{
"term": "intervention",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "action taken to improve or help a situation",
"sensetop": "intervention in something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "calls for government intervention to save the steel industry"
},
{
"text": "In the second group of states, direct intervention in the economy was limited.",
"contextForm": "intervention in something"
}
],
"topics": ["Discussion and agreement"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["active", "direct", "decisive"],
"verb + intervention": ["make", "call for", "demand"],
"preposition": [
"intervention against",
"intervention by",
"intervention from"
],
"phrases": ["powers of intervention", "the right of intervention"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "action by a country to become involved in the affairs of another country when they have not been asked to do so",
"sensetop": "intervention in something",
"labels": "(US English)(British English)(North American English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**armed/military intervention**"
},
{
"text": "NATO intervention in the troubled region",
"contextForm": "intervention in something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["active", "direct", "decisive"],
"verb + intervention": ["make", "call for", "demand"],
"preposition": [
"intervention against",
"intervention by",
"intervention from"
],
"phrases": ["powers of intervention", "the right of intervention"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "action taken to improve a medical condition or illness",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**a medical/surgical intervention**"
},
{
"text": "Most patients make a recovery without further intervention."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the act of interrupting somebody when they are speaking in order to say something",
"sensetop": "intervention (in something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "People resented his repeated interventions in the debate."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "an occasion when a group of people meet to take action with a friend or family member who has an addiction to drugs or alcohol, in order to help them recover",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her daughters staged an intervention."
},
{
"text": "Family intervention is an essential component of treatment for adolescent drug abuse."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪntəˈvenʃn/",
"audio": "in/intervention/intervention__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪntərˈvenʃn/",
"audio": "in/intervention/intervention__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}