English-Turkish translations for intervene
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.
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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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