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# intervene

«intervene» in Mova's school dictionary: **To get involved in a situation to stop it or change it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (intervene, intervenes, intervened, intervening)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To get involved in a situation to stop it or change it, especially to help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervene/#m1)

2) To come between two times or events, as in «in the intervening years». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervene/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety and school: a teacher intervenes in a fight; bystanders can safely intervene by fetching an adult. In news: the government intervened. In stories: fate intervened. Phrases: intervene in, the intervening time.

### examples

- The teacher intervened before the fight started. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervene/#x1)
- If you see bullying, tell an adult so they can intervene. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervene/#x2)
- The referee had to intervene. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervene/#x3)
- Rain intervened and the match was stopped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervene/#x4)
- In the intervening weeks she practised hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervene/#x5)
- The government intervened to help farmers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervene/#x6)
- Bernini was summoned by the King from Rome, and entrusted with the task; but the brothers Perrault intervened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervene/#x7)

### note

Regular. Noun: intervention. Spelling: -vene, not -vean. Safety: intervening yourself can be dangerous; getting an adult is often the safest way.

### Trees and pragmatics

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