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intervene intervenesinterveningintervened

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verbIf you intervene in a situation, you become involved in it and try to change it.The situation calmed down when police intervened.The Government is doing nothing to intervene in the crisis.If you intervene, you interrupt a conversation in order to add something to it.Hattie intervened and told me to stop it.'I've told you he's not here,' Irena intervened.If an event intervenes, it happens suddenly in a way that stops, delays, or prevents something from happening .The South African mailboat arrived on Friday mornings unless bad weather intervened.I pray that death may not intervene to prevent our meeting with my darling children. C1

word	intervene
definition	verb If you intervene in a situation, you become involved in it and try to change it. The situation calmed down when police intervened. The Government is doing nothing to intervene in the crisis. If you intervene, you interrupt a conversation in order to add something to it. Hattie intervened and told me to stop it. 'I've told you he's not here,' Irena intervened. If an event intervenes, it happens suddenly in a way that stops, delays, or prevents something from happening . The South African mailboat arrived on Friday mornings unless bad weather intervened. I pray that death may not intervene to prevent our meeting with my darling children.
inflections	intervenesinterveningintervened
cefr-level	C1

Intervene Intervened Told Verb Situation Involved Change Calmed