interpose

Meaning

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

Concepts

interpose

intervene

insert

interject

interfere

mediate

intercalate

interpolate

place between

chip in

come in

inject

put in

throw in

step in

thrust

alternate

hold between

divide

partition

separate

interrupt

reconcile

go between

intermeddle

intrude

come in between

intervention

implant

infix

inlay

interposition

pad

run in

introduce

chime in

intervene in

meddle

pierce

stick in

Hyphenated as

in‧ter‧pose

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”).