intervention

See also: Intervention

English

Etymology

From Middle French intervention, from Latin interventiō.

Morphologically intervene + -tion.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪntɚˈvɛnʃən/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪntəˈvɛnʃən/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnʃən
  • Hyphenation: in‧ter‧ven‧tion

Noun

intervention (countable and uncountable, plural interventions)

  1. The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
    • 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:
      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.
  2. (US, law) 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.
  3. An orchestrated attempt to convince somebody with an addiction or other psychological problem to seek professional help and/or change their behavior.
  4. (medicine) An action taken or procedure performed; an operation.

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin interventiō, from interveniō (I intervene, come between).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /entərvənsjoːn/, [entˢɐvənˈɕoːˀn]

Noun

intervention c (singular definite interventionen, plural indefinite interventioner)

  1. (law) intervention
    Synonyms: indblanding, indgriben

Inflection

Finnish

Noun

intervention

  1. genitive singular of interventio

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interventiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
  • (file)

Noun

intervention f (plural interventions)

  1. intervention

Further reading

Interlingua

Noun

intervention (plural interventiones)

  1. intervention

Swedish

Noun

intervention c

  1. (law) intervention
    Synonyms: ingripande, inblandning

Declension

Declension of intervention 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative intervention interventionen interventioner interventionerna
Genitive interventions interventionens interventioners interventionernas
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