{
    "term": "intervene",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "intervene",
            "heSheIt": "intervenes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "intervened",
        "pastParticiple": "intervened",
        "ingForm": "intervening"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to become involved in a situation in order to improve or help it",
            "sensetop": "intervene in somethingintervene between A and Bintervene against somebodyintervene (with somebody) (on behalf of somebody)intervene to do something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She might have been killed if the neighbours hadn't intervened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The President intervened personally in the crisis.",
                    "contextForm": "intervene in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She went over to intervene between the two men.",
                    "contextForm": "intervene between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They would not intervene against the rebels themselves.",
                    "contextForm": "intervene against somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "attempts to intervene with the authorities on the prisoners' behalf",
                    "contextForm": "intervene (with somebody) (on behalf of somebody)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They intervened to halt the attack.",
                    "contextForm": "intervene to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Eventually, the army was forced to intervene."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Government often intervenes decisively in major professional issues in medicine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Intervening militarily will not bring peace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Local people feel strongly about the proposed development but are virtually powerless to intervene."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nurses should be ready to intervene on behalf of their patients."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our government has no right to intervene."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was reluctant to intervene in what was essentially a private dispute."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The King intervened personally on behalf of the children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The UN refused to intervene."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Teachers should learn when to intervene and when to let the students do the talking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The EU refuses to intervene to control the trade."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["actively", "directly", "personally"],
                "verb + intervene": ["be forced to", "have to", "be powerless to"],
                "preposition": ["against", "between", "in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to interrupt somebody when they are speaking in order to say something",
            "sensetop": "(+ speech)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘But,’ she intervened, ‘what about the others?’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to happen in a way that delays something or prevents it from happening",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were planning to get married and then the war intervened."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to exist between two events or places",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I saw nothing of her during the years that intervened."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntəˈviːn/",
                "audio": "in/intervene/intervene__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntəˈviːnz/",
                "audio": "in/intervene/intervenes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntəˈviːnd/",
                "audio": "in/intervene/intervened__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntəˈviːnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/intervene/intervening__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntərˈviːn/",
                "audio": "in/intervene/intervene__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntərˈviːnz/",
                "audio": "in/intervene/intervenes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntərˈviːnd/",
                "audio": "in/intervene/intervened__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntərˈviːnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/intervene/intervening__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘come in as an extraneous factor or thing’): from Latin intervenire, from inter- ‘between’ + venire ‘come’."
}