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Webster 1913 Edition
Intervention
Inˊter-ven′tion
,Noun.
[L.
interventio
an interposition: cf. F. intervention
.] 1.
The act of intervening; interposition.
Sound is shut out by the
intervention
of that lax membrane. Holder.
Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the
intervention
, of any foreign power. Sir W. Temple.
3.
(Civil Law)
The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.
Webster 1828 Edition
Intervention
INTERVEN'TION
,Noun.
1.
A state of coming or being between; interposition. Light is not interrupted by the intervention of a transparent body.2.
Agency of persons between persons; interposition; mediation; any interference that may affect the interests of others. Let us decide our quarrels at home without the intervention of a foreign power.
3.
Agency of means or instruments; as, effects are produced by the intervention of natural causes.4.
Interposition in favor of another; a voluntary undertaking of one party for another. A bill of exchange may be accepted by the intervention of a third person in behalf of the drawer or of one of the indorsers.Definition 2024
Intervention
Intervention
See also: intervention
German
Noun
Intervention f (genitive Intervention, plural Interventionen)
- intervention (act of intervening)
Synonyms
- Eingreifen n
intervention
intervention
See also: Intervention
English
Noun
intervention (plural interventions)
- The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
- 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:
- Fernando Torres was recalled in place of the suspended Didier Drogba and he was only denied a goal in the opening seconds by Laurent Koscielny's intervention - a moment that set the tone for game filled with attacking quality and littered with errors.
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- (US, law) A legal motion through which a person or entity who has not been named as a party to a case seeks to have the court order that they be made a party.
- An orchestrated attempt to convince somebody with an addiction or other psychological problem to seek professional help and/or change their behavior.
- (medicine) An action taken or procedure performed; an operation.
Derived terms
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Translations
act of intervening
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medical procedure
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Danish
Etymology
From Latin interventiō, from interveniō (“I intervene, come between”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /entərvənsjoːn/, [entˢɐvənˈɕoːˀn]
Noun
intervention c (singular definite interventionen, plural indefinite interventioner)
Inflection
Inflection of intervention
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Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | intervention | interventionen | interventioner | interventionerne |
| genitive | interventions | interventionens | interventioners | interventionernes |