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intervening

noun intervenings

  1. intervention; mediation

adjective

  1. That intervenes or mediates.
  2. Falling between two periods or events. This is not to criticise Ghosh's use of such lexis, but just to point out that Ghosh's use of such lexis must be regarded as examples of re-use and not as evidence of continued use over the intervening period.
  3. Located physically between two things or places. The finely cut peak of Helicon peered over the low intervening ridges.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of intervene

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: disjunctive, middle, intervener, involve, separating, involvement, participant, intervenor, responding, occurring, responder, response, respond, action, discussant, forwarding

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@misc{intervening_2026,
  title = {intervening},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/intervening},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}