English-Swedish translations for intervene

  • ingripaKan Europeiska unionen ingripa?Can the European Union intervene? Det är därför som EU måste ingripa.That is why Europe must intervene. Men varför inte ingripa direkt?So why not intervene straight away?
  • interveneraVarför agera och intervenera bara i Kosovo?Why act and intervene only in Kosovo? Varför har FN varit inkapabel att intervenera i det här läget?Why have the United Nations also been unable to intervene in this situation? Kan då Europeiska unionen intervenera den dag euron finns?Will the European Union be able to intervene the day the euro comes into existence?

Definition of intervene

  • To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action
  • To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events
  • To occur or act as an obstacle or delay
  • To say in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people
  • To come between, or to be between, persons or things
  • In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter., ''Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence,'Boston: Little, Brown, 1879, Volume1, p.641,[https://archive.org/details/cu31924022836583]

Examples

  • The police had to be called to intervene in the fight
  • An instant intervened between the flash and the report
  • I hadnt seen him since we were in school, and the intervening years had not been kind to him
  • Nothing intervened to prevent the undertaking
  • The Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa
  • an application for leave (i.e. permission) to intervene

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