Intervening

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    intervention; mediation
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of intervene form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    That intervenes or mediates.
  2. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    occurring or falling between events or points in time wordnet

Synonyms

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middlearbitrationalarbitrativecoming betweengoing betweenintercessional

Example

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"He felt convinced that Jonas was again the Jonas he had known a week ago, and not the Jonas of the intervening time."

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intervening causeintervening variable

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