Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb intervene
1 sense of intervene
Sense 1
intervene, step in interfere, interpose
=> poke into intrude into meddle with horn in
=> meddle, tamper
=> interlope
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb intervene
1 sense of intervene
Sense 1
intervene, step in interfere, interpose
=> poke into intrude into meddle with horn in
=> meddle, tamper
=> interlope
Entailment of verb intervene
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb intervene
1 sense of intervene
Sense 1
intervene, step in interfere, interpose
=> interact
Familiarity of verb intervene
intervene used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb intervene
Sense 1
intervene, step in interfere, interpose
=> interact
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Overview of verb intervene
The verb intervene has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) intervene, step in interfere, interpose -- (get involved, usually so as to hinder or halt an action "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?")
Overview of adj intervening
The adj intervening has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. intervening -- (occurring or falling between events or points in time; "so much had happened during the intervening years")
2. intervening -- (standing between or separating two objects or areas; "Paris--where the same city lies on both sides of an intervening river"; "after reaching the top of the hill he looked across an intervening meadow to another line of hills")
Antonyms of adj intervening
2 senses of intervening
Sense 1
intervening
INDIRECT (VIA early, middle) -> late
INDIRECT (VIA middle, late) -> early
Sense 2
intervening
INDIRECT (VIA disjunctive) -> conjunctive
Similarity of adj intervening
2 senses of intervening
Sense 1
intervening
=> middle (vs. late) (vs. early)
Sense 2
intervening
=> disjunctive (vs. conjunctive)
Attributes of adj intervening
Familiarity of adj intervening
intervening used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Grep of adj intervening
intervening
Overview of verb intervene
The verb intervene has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) intervene, step in interfere, interpose -- (get involved, usually so as to hinder or halt an action "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?")
Overview of adj intervening
The adj intervening has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. intervening -- (occurring or falling between events or points in time; "so much had happened during the intervening years")
2. intervening -- (standing between or separating two objects or areas; "Paris--where the same city lies on both sides of an intervening river"; "after reaching the top of the hill he looked across an intervening meadow to another line of hills")
intervening definition
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