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# intervene

verb (intervene, intervenes, intervened, intervening)

«intervene» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To get involved in a situation to stop it or change it, especially to help. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervene/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervene/#x1)
- If you see bullying, tell an adult so they can intervene. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervene/#x2)
- The referee had to intervene. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervene/#x3)
- Rain intervened and the match was stopped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervene/#x4)
- In the intervening weeks she practised hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervene/#x5)
- The government intervened to help farmers. [tree →](https://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://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.

## In Jewish tradition

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

- To intervene in any thing, to mediate the peace, accomodate a quarrel. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/intervene/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «intervene» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervene/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«intervene» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/intervene.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «intervene» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/intervene/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«intervene» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/intervene.html) on Mova free.