intervention

From Middle French intervention, from Latin interventiō

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

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.

• introvenient

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

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

intervention c (singular definite interventionen, plural indefinite interventioner)

1. intervention

intervention

1. Genitive singular form of interventio.

Borrowed from Latin interventiō, interventiōnem.

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intervention f (plural interventions)

1. intervention

• “intervention” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

intervention (plural interventiones)

1. intervention