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nounthe act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others
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nouna policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
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nouncare provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
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"it occurs without human intervention"nounthe act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)
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"the purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits"noun(law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedingstype of:
Definition that contains intervention
- charles King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461)
- depression a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
- automatic operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
- indicate suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
- eclipse cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
- miraculous peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention
- occult cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
- friedman United States economist noted as a proponent of monetarism and for his opposition to government intervention in the economy (born in 1912)
- prophetic foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
- anoint choose by or as if by divine intervention