intervention

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
  2. (US, countable, uncountable) A legal motion through which a person or entity who has not been named as a party to a case seeks to have the court order that they be made a party.
  3. (countable, uncountable) An orchestrated attempt to convince somebody with an addiction or other psychological problem to seek professional help and/or change their behavior.
  4. (countable, uncountable) An action taken or procedure performed; an operation.

Synonyms

interference
C1
interposition
mediation
26k
intercession
meddling
C2
treatment
B1
covering
B2
crossing
B2
cure
B1
deprivation
20k
disposal
C1
hand
A1
✋
handling
B2
insert
C2
interception
35k
intermediation
interpose
interruption
C2
intervene
C2
intervening
35k
intrusion
C2
keeping
B1
lapse
C2
meddlesomeness
medium
C1
obstruction
C2
operation
B1
paper
A2
presence
B1
processing
C1
remark
C2
remedy
C2
separation
C1
speech
B1
supervention
support
A2
tending
C2
culture
B2
surgery
B1
therapy
B2
intermediacy
intermeddling

care delivery

currency intervention

exchange market intervention

foreign exchange intervention

administration
C1

inntermediateness

attendance
C2
attention
A2
Translations

intervention
intervento
intervención
Intervention
intervenção
Eingriff
intervenció

παρέμβαση

μεσολάβηση

tussenkomst

επέμβαση

Einmischung
interventie
entremise
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪntɚˈvɛnʃən/
Etymology

From Middle French intervention, from Latin interventiō. Morphologically intervene + -tion.

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