{
    "term": "intervention",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "action taken to improve or help a situation",
            "sensetop": "intervention in something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "calls for government intervention to save the steel industry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the second group of states, direct intervention in the economy was limited.",
                    "contextForm": "intervention in something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["active", "direct", "decisive"],
                "verb + intervention": ["make", "call for", "demand"],
                "preposition": [
                    "intervention against",
                    "intervention by",
                    "intervention from"
                ],
                "phrases": ["powers of intervention", "the right of intervention"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "action by a country to become involved in the affairs of another country when they have not been asked to do so",
            "sensetop": "intervention in something",
            "labels": "(US English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**armed/military intervention**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "NATO intervention in the troubled region",
                    "contextForm": "intervention in something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["active", "direct", "decisive"],
                "verb + intervention": ["make", "call for", "demand"],
                "preposition": [
                    "intervention against",
                    "intervention by",
                    "intervention from"
                ],
                "phrases": ["powers of intervention", "the right of intervention"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "action taken to improve a medical condition or illness",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**a medical/surgical intervention**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most patients make a recovery without further intervention."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the act of interrupting somebody when they are speaking in order to say something",
            "sensetop": "intervention (in something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "People resented his repeated interventions in the debate."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "an occasion when a group of people meet to take action with a friend or family member who has an addiction to drugs or alcohol, in order to help them recover",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her daughters staged an intervention."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Family intervention is an essential component of treatment for adolescent drug abuse."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntəˈvenʃn/",
                "audio": "in/intervention/intervention__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntərˈvenʃn/",
                "audio": "in/intervention/intervention__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}