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intervention
[in-ter-ven-shuhn]
noun
the act or fact of coming or occurring between two people, things, or times.
Squabbling siblings generally work things out themselves, but this fight called for parental intervention.
Even the intervention of 20 years hadn’t erased their mutual dislike.
interposition or interference of one state in the affairs of another.
The UN’s prohibition of armed intervention in the civil war can easily be criticized as antihumanitarian.
a planned confrontation of someone engaging in self-destructive behavior, such as substance abuse, to convince them to seek treatment.
She thought her drinking was a well-kept secret until she came home to find six of her siblings and friends ready to conduct an intervention.
Education.a targeted short-term teaching strategy for students with specific needs.
Reading interventions kept several of her students from having to switch to remedial classes.
Medicine/Medical.a treatment, procedure, or other action taken to prevent or treat disease, or to improve health in other ways.
The patient has responded well to nonpharmacological interventions for high blood pressure.
intervention
/ ˌɪԳəˈɛʃə /
noun
the act of intervening
any interference in the affairs of others, esp by one state in the affairs of another
economics the action of a central bank in supporting the international value of a currency by buying large quantities of the currency to keep the price up
commerce the action of the EU in buying up surplus produce when the market price drops to a certain value
Other 51Թ Forms
- interventional adjective
- interventionary adjective
- prointervention adjective
- reintervention noun
- ˌԳٱˈԳپDzԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of intervention1
Example Sentences
"So this is an appalling situation, one which is complicated and requires intervention," he added.
Swinney said that there had to be "fundamental change" in how services are delivered, and called for more focus on prevention and early intervention.
"There is peace, at least for now, because of my intervention, and it will stay that way!" he wrote.
“They are making it seem as if without this kind of major intervention and excessive force, that these people are ungovernable.”
The intervention by such a figure is significant.
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