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Word entry · 9 letters

intervene

Best crossword clue

"Step between"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˌɪntəˈviːn/Part of speech verbSorted eeeinnrtvStarts with IEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
1I2N3T4E5R6V7E8N9E

Definitions

  1. occur between other event or between certain points of time

Word origin

Back-formation from intervention, and/or from Latin interveniō (“come between”, verb).

Used in a sentence

  • The police had to be called to intervene in the fight.
  • Nature film-makers are discouraged from intervening in the events they are attempting to capture on film.
  • An instant intervened between the flash and the report.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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