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# interfere

«interfere» in Mova's school dictionary: **to get involved in other people's business when you are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (interfere, interferes, interfered, interfering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To interfere is to get involved in other people's business when you are not wanted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interfere/#m1)

2) To interfere with something is to stop it from working or happening properly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interfere/#m2)

3) (science) When waves interfere, they meet and add or cancel each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interfere/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life («don't interfere»), safety («do not interfere with the alarm»), science (radio interference, wave interference). Phrases: «interfere with», «interfere in».

### examples

- Please don't interfere in our game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interfere/#x1)
- Loud noise can interfere with your sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interfere/#x2)
- Never interfere with a fire alarm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interfere/#x3)
- Phones may interfere with the plane's radio. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interfere/#x4)
- Mum told Gran not to interfere. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interfere/#x5)
- Screen time before bed interferes with sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interfere/#x6)

### note

«Interfere with» (stop something working), «interfere in» (get involved). Adjective: interfering (nosy). Noun: interference. Spelling: inter-fere, one r at the end.

### In the corpora

- [Most crews also follow a rule: do not interfere.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/394-how-nature-documentaries-are-made-hides-camera-traps-drones-and-years-of-waiting/5/)
- [Badger «lives right in the heart of it» and «Nobody interferes with him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood/24/)
- [You're a very interfering people.»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «interfere» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interfere/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.