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interventive

Adjective CEFR C1
ɪntɚˈvɛntəv

Definitions

Serving to intervene or interpose; intervening.

Equivalents

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Portuguêsinterventivo

Examples

The Laws, or Interventive Regulations, obviate or decide disputes, between players, respecting punctilios in placing the board and pieces, and limit the penalties for irregularities.”
“In a hospital setting, midwives are following protocols that are part of a more interventive model of care.”
His opposition to same-sex marriage rests upon two familiar conservative notions: the view that interventiveprotectionrather than encouragement is the best way to bolster the presumably threatened institution of marriage […].”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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