Meaning of intervention | Babel Free
ɪntɚˈvɛnʃənDefinitions
- The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events
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The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events. countable, uncountable
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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. US, countable, uncountable
- 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
- The act or an instance of interfering or intruding:interference, intrusion, meddling, obtrusion.
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An orchestrated attempt to convince somebody with an addiction or other psychological problem to seek professional help and/or change their behavior. countable, uncountable
- An orchestrated attempt to convince somebody with an addiction or other psychological problem to seek professional help and/or change their behavior
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(an) act of intervening (in a quarrel etc). tussenkoms تَدَخُّل في نِزاع намеса intervenção zákrok das Eingreifen indgriben; intervention μεσολάβηση, παρέμβασηintervención vahelesegamine مداخله väliintulo interventionהתערבות मध्यवर्त intervencija beavatkozás perbuatan ikut campur meðalganga; afskipti intervento 仲裁 중재 įsikišimas iejaukšanās campur tangan tussenkomstinnblandinginterwencja مداخله intervenção intervenţie вмешательство zásah; zákrok posredovanje intervencija intervention, ingripan... etc
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An action taken or procedure performed; an operation. countable, uncountable
- An action taken or procedure performed; an operation
- The act or process of intervening: a nation's military interventions in neighboring countries; a politician opposed to government intervention in the market economy.
- The systematic process of assessment and planning employed to remediate or prevent a social, educational, or developmental problem: early intervention for at-risk toddlers.
- the act of intervening
- (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any interference in the affairs of others, esp by one state in the affairs of another
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(Economics) economics the action of a central bank in supporting the international value of a currency by buying large quantities of the currency to keep the price up economics
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(Commerce) commerce the action of the EU in buying up surplus produce when the market price drops to a certain value commerce
- the act or fact of intervening.
- interposition or interference of one state in the affairs of another.
Equivalents
Беларуская
уварванне
Български
намеса
Català
intervenció
Dansk
medvirken
Español
intervención
Français
intervention
Gàidhlig
eadar-theachd
עברית
מעורבות
Italiano
intervento
Қазақша
басқыншылық
ខ្មែរ
អន្តរាគមន៍
Latina
interventus
മലയാളം
ഇടപെടൽ
Bahasa Melayu
campur tangan
Português
intervenção
Română
intervenție
Oʻzbekcha
mudoxala
Examples
“Fernando Torres was recalled in place of the suspended Didier Drogba and he was only denied a goal in the opening seconds by Laurent Koscielny's intervention - a moment that set the tone for game filled with attacking quality and littered with errors.”
“As I showed, although some rhetoricians, such as Mesmer and Erb, claimed that their interventions were medical treatments, others, such as Freud and Jung, claimed that their interventions were both medical curings and spiritual carings.”
““It goes with my mantra of there is ‘no magic pill’ to prevent cognitive decline,” said Isaacson, who was not involved in the new study. “At my clinic, we check nutritional blood measures and personally tailor interventions, and in doing so we don’t tend to recommend multivitamins since we address the individual deficiencies.””
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
See also
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