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# intervention

noun (an intervention, interventions; intervention, uncountable)

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

## Everyday

1. An intervention is when someone steps in to change what is happening, especially to stop a problem or help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervention/#m1)
2. (school) An intervention is extra help given to pupils who need it, such as a reading group. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervention/#m2)
3. (medicine) A medical intervention is a treatment or operation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervention/#m3)
4. (politics) Intervention is when a country gets involved in another country's affairs, sometimes with soldiers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervention/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school life, teachers' intervention stops fights; "intervention groups" give extra support. In news, governments make interventions in wars or the economy. In lessons about bullying, bystander intervention means helping someone instead of watching. Phrases: «thanks to the intervention of», «early intervention», «military intervention», «intervention group».

### Examples

- Thanks to the teacher's quick intervention, nobody got hurt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervention/#x1)
- I go to a reading intervention group on Tuesdays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervention/#x2)
- Early intervention can stop small problems getting big. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervention/#x3)
- The doctors said no intervention was needed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervention/#x4)
- The goal was saved by the goalkeeper's last-second intervention. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervention/#x5)
- Many people argued about the military intervention. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervention/#x6)

### Note

Countable for single actions («two interventions»), uncountable for the idea. Verb: intervene (intervened, intervening). Spelling: inter- + vention. Stress: in-ter-VEN-shun.

## On Mova

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