intervention
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intervention
- /ɪntɚˈvɛnʃən/ US
- /ɪntəˈvɛnʃən/ UK
Rhymes with -ɛnʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle French intervention, from Latin interventiō. Morphologically intervene + -tion.
noun interventions
- The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events. 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.
- 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.
- An orchestrated attempt to convince somebody with an addiction or other psychological problem to seek professional help and/or change their behavior.
- An action taken or procedure performed; an operation. As I showed, although some rhetoricians, such as Mesmer and Erb, claimed that their interventions were medical treatments, others, such as Freud and Jung, claimed that their interventions were both medical curings and spiritual carings.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: intercession, interference, intervener, intermediation, interposition, interventional, reaction, involvement, participation, entering, responding, enter, influence, incident, input, response
Translations
Every language
noun act of intervening
| Español | intervención |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 개입 gaeip |
| 日本語 | 介入 kainyū |
| 中文 | 介入 jièrù, 干預 gānyù, 干涉 gānshè |
| हिन्दी | हस्तक्षेप hastakṣep, मुदाख़लत mudāxalat |
| Português | intervenção |
| Français | intervention |
| Deutsch | Intervention, Eingriff |
| Italiano | intervento |
| Ελληνικά | παρέμβαση parémvasi |
| Română | intervenție |
| Русский | вмеша́тельство vmešátelʹstvo, интерве́нция intervéncija, вторже́ние vtoržénije |
| العربية | تَدَخُّل tadaḵḵul, تَطَفُّل taṭafful |
noun medical procedure
| Español | intervención |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 干預 gānyù |
| Português | intervenção |
| Français | intervention |
| Deutsch | Eingriff |
| Italiano | intervento |
| Ελληνικά | επέμβαση epémvasi |
| Русский | вмеша́тельство vmešátelʹstvo, интерве́нция intervéncija |
Talk about this word "intervention." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/intervention. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. intervention. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/intervention "intervention." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/intervention.Cite this
@misc{intervention_2026,
title = {intervention},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/intervention},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
