Verb: intervene ,in-tu(r)'veen
- 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?";
- step in, interfere, interpose
- Occur between other event or between certain points of time
"the war intervened between the birth of her two children"
- Be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events
"This interlude intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"
Derived forms: intervened, intervening, intervenes
Type of: come about, fall out, go on, hap [archaic], happen, interact, lie, occur, pass, pass off, take place
Encyclopedia: Intervene