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intervening definition
intervening |
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 -------------- 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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