intervention

intervention

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English

Etymology

From Middle French intervention, from Latin interventiō.

Morphologically intervene +‎ -tion.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪntɚˈvɛnʃən/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪntəˈvɛnʃən/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnʃən
  • Hyphenation: in‧ter‧ven‧tion

Noun

intervention (countable and uncountable, plural interventions)

  1. The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
  2. (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.
  3. An orchestrated attempt to convince somebody with an addiction or other psychological problem to seek professional help and/or change their behavior.
  4. (medicine) An action taken or procedure performed; an operation.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • introvenient

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)

  1. (law) intervention
    Synonyms: indblanding, indgriben

Inflection

Finnish

Noun

intervention

  1. genitive singular of interventio

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interventiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/

Noun

intervention f (plural interventions)

  1. intervention

Further reading

  • “intervention”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Noun

intervention (plural interventiones)

  1. intervention

Swedish

Noun

intervention c

  1. (law) intervention
    Synonyms: ingripande, inblandning

Declension

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