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# intrude

«intrude» in Mova's school dictionary: **to go into a place or join a situation where you are not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (intrude, intrudes, intruded, intruding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To intrude is to go into a place or join a situation where you are not wanted or not invited. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intrude/#m1)

2) To intrude on something is to disturb it or spoil it: the noise intruded on our peace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intrude/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday manners: «Sorry to intrude, but…» is a polite way to interrupt. In safety: an intruder is someone who enters a home or school without permission. It tells the reader someone is crossing a boundary.

### examples

- I'm sorry to intrude, but your mum is on the phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intrude/#x1)
- Please don't intrude when someone is praying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intrude/#x2)
- We felt we were intruding on a private family moment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intrude/#x3)
- The traffic noise intruded on our picnic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intrude/#x4)
- Reporters should not intrude on people's grief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intrude/#x5)
- A fox intruded into the hen house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intrude/#x6)
- Then a Stag intruded into his domain and shared his pasture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intrude/#x7)

### note

Noun: intrusion; person: intruder; adjective: intrusive. Usually followed by «on», «upon» or «into». Polite phrase: «I hope I'm not intruding.»

### Trees and pragmatics

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