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US
/ˌɪntɝˈvɛnʃən/
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[ UK /ˌɪntəvˈɛnʃən/ ]
[ UK /ˌɪntəvˈɛnʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others
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the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)
it occurs without human intervention -
(law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings
the purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits - care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
- a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
How To Use intervention In A Sentence
- Do they have to change their diet, is there a dietary intervention as well to get that sort of weight loss, or do they just continue as before?
- After this she was not strong enough to work in interventional cardiology and devoted herself to clinical and diagnostic cardiology.
- He did not flinch as the verdict was read to a hushed court - and his hopes of divine intervention were vanquished.
- However, he continued to press the need for military intervention to support, he said, worker risings in the country.
- Clinicians should refer cocaine-exposed children to early intervention services to attenuate long-term effects.
- However, if a serious duct injury is present, a chronic fistula may develop and require surgical intervention.
- Throughout the whole of competition policy there is a presumption that intervention is justified in order to preserve the public interest.
- Assessment of the problem Effective intervention and treatment is based on an accurate assessment of the presenting problem.
- The course content included identification, screening and early intervention and medical implications like epilepsy, hyperactivity and brain dysfunctions.
- Patients who do not respond to other interventions may have to use other mild laxatives, suppositories and enemas and their use may become inevitable in the later stages of the disease.
