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