intervening

Meaning

Noun

intervention; mediation

Adj

1. That intervenes or mediates.
2. Falling between two periods or events.

Verb

present participle and gerund of intervene

intervene

1. (intransitive) To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.
2. (intransitive) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events.
3. (intransitive) To occur or act as an obstacle or delay.
4. (ambitransitive) To say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people.
5. (ambitransitive) To come between, or to be between, persons or things.
6. 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.

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Synonyms

intermediate

interim

mediate

transitional

in-between

intervention

mean

mediation

medium

gathering up what has been spread out to dry

screening

covering

gone between

interfering

interjacent

intermediary

interposition

Translations

intermedio

intervenant

dazwischenfahrend

dazwischenkommend

eingreifen

Vermittlung

Mediation

παρέμβαση

entremise

intermédaire

médiation

intermediazione

mediazione

interventus

bemiddeling