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    intervening
    [ˌin(t)ərˈvēniNG]
    adjective
    intervening (adjective)
    1. extending or occurring between events:
      "in the intervening years there were several unsuccessful attempts to renovate and reopen the building" · "to occupy the intervening months she took a job in a hospital" · "intervening events conspired with bureaucracy to delay the transfer"
      • situated between things:
        "they heard the sound of distant gunfire, muffled by the intervening trees"
    in·ter·vene
    [ˌin(t)ərˈvēn]
    verb
    intervening (present participle)
    1. come between so as to prevent or alter a result or course of events:
      "he acted outside his authority when he intervened in the dispute" · "their forces intervened to halt the attack"
      • (of an event or circumstance) occur as a delay or obstacle to something being done:
        "Christmas intervened and the investigation was suspended"
      • interrupt verbally:
        "“It's true!” he intervened"
      • law
        interpose in a lawsuit as a third party.
    2. extend or occur between events:
      "seizures typically recur at regular intervals, with weeks or months intervening between seizures" · "Ludlow took an active part in the events that intervened between the death of Cromwell and the Restoration"
      • be situated between things:
        "the snowy peaks of the Himalayas stood glistening in the far distance, high above the wooded mountains that intervened"
    Origin
    late 16th century (in the sense ‘come in as an extraneous factor or thing’): from Latin intervenire, from inter- ‘between’ + venire ‘come’.
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    verb
    1. come between so as to prevent or alter a result or course of events:
      involve oneself
      get involved
      interpose oneself
      insinuate oneself
      act as peacemaker
      act as an intermediary
     
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  2. Intervening can mean12:
    • To involve oneself in a situation so as to alter or hinder an action or development.
    • To interfere, usually through force or threat of force, in the affairs of another nation.
    • The act of interfering with the outcome or course especially of a condition or process (as to prevent harm or improve functioning).
    • Educational intervention.
    • Surgical interventions.
    • Some women fear a specific intervention, such as being induced, having an emergency cesarean section or going through a forceps delivery.
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    1. a. To involve oneself in a situation so as to alter or hinder an action or development: "Every gardener faces choices about how and how much to intervene in nature's processes" (Dora Galitzki). b. To interfere, usually through force or threat of force, in the affairs of another nation.
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    a : the act of interfering with the outcome or course especially of a condition or process (as to prevent harm or improve functioning) educational intervention surgical interventions Some women fear a specific intervention, such as being induced, having an emergency cesarean section or going through a forceps delivery. — Paula Spencer

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