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intervene
Overview of verb intervene
The verb intervene has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) intervene, step in, interfere, interpose -- (get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?")
2. intervene -- (be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened")
3. intervene -- (occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children")
Antonyms of verb intervene
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb intervene
3 senses of intervene
Sense 1
intervene, step in, interfere, interpose
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
intervene
=> lie
=> be
Sense 3
intervene
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb intervene
1 of 3 senses of intervene
Sense 1
intervene, step in, interfere, interpose
=> meddle, tamper
=> interlope
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb intervene
3 senses of intervene
Sense 1
intervene, step in, interfere, interpose
=> interact
Sense 2
intervene
=> lie
Sense 3
intervene
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
'Cause To' of verb intervene
Derived Forms of verb intervene
1 of 3 senses of intervene
Sense 1
intervene, step in, interfere, interpose
RELATED TO>(noun) intervenor#1
=> intervenor
RELATED TO>(noun) intervention#1
=> intervention, intercession
Domain of verb intervene
Domain Terms of verb intervene
Familiarity of verb intervene
intervene used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb intervene
3 senses of intervene
Sense 1
intervene, step in, interfere, interpose
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
intervene
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 3
intervene
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb intervene
3 senses of intervene
Sense 1
intervene, step in, interfere, interpose
> interact
=> conspire, collude
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> reach out
=> patronize, patronise, condescend
=> communicate
=> manipulate, keep in line, control
=> transact
=> marginalize, marginalise
=> combine
=> have
=> invite, pay for
=> socialize, socialise
=> get in touch, touch base, connect
=> meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
=> relate
=> treat, handle, do by
=> fall all over
=> intervene, step in, interfere, interpose
=> consort, associate, affiliate, assort
=> philander, womanize, womanise
Sense 2
intervene
> lie
=> nestle
=> intervene
=> top
=> mediate
=> ride
=> lap
=> localize, localise, focalize, focalise
=> slant
=> precede, predate
=> underlie
=> cap, crest
=> front, look, face
=> back
=> flank
=> head
=> dominate, command, overlook, overtop
=> line, run along
=> orient, point
=> look out on, look out over, overlook, look across
Sense 3
intervene
> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
=> break, recrudesce, develop
=> arise, come up
=> intervene
=> transpire
=> give
=> operate
=> supervene
=> proceed, go
=> come
=> fall
=> anticipate
=> develop
=> recur, repeat
=> go off, come off, go over
=> come around, roll around
=> happen, materialize, materialise
=> happen, befall, bechance
=> befall, bechance, betide
=> concur, coincide
=> backfire, backlash, recoil
=> chance
=> break
=> fall, shine, strike
=> turn out
=> synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb intervene
Sense 1
intervene, step in, interfere, interpose
=> interact
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Sense 2
intervene
=> lie
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Sense 3
intervene
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
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Grep of verb intervene
intervene
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