interpose

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To insert something (or oneself) between other things.
  2. (transitive) To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment.
  3. (transitive) To offer (one's help or services).
  4. (intransitive) To be inserted between parts or things; to come between.
  5. (intransitive) To intervene in a dispute, or in a conversation.

Synonyms

intervene
C2
insert
C2
interject
41k
interfere
B2
mediate
31k
interpolate
intercalate

place between

throw in
thrust
C1
chip in
put in
inject
C2
step in
come in
pierce
B2
reconcile
C2
run in
separate
B1

stick in

chime in

come in between

intervene in

alternate
C2

hold between

divide
C1

go between

implant
C2
infix
inlay

intermeddle

interposition
interrupt
B2
intervention
C1
introduce
B1
intrude
C2
meddle
C2
pad
C1
partition
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Translations

interponer
interposer
interpor
interponerse
interporre

dazwischenstellen

tussenbeide komen

mediar
frammettere
intervenire
intervenir

zwischenschalten

intromettere
einlegen
تداخل
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌɪn.təˈpəʊz/
Etymology

From Middle French interposer, influenced by poser (“to place, put”), from Latin interpōnō, from inter (“between”) + pōnō (“to place, put”).

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