Intervention

//ɪntɚˈvɛnʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events. countable, uncountable

    "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. 2
    care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) wordnet
  3. 3
    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. US, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    (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 proceedings wordnet
  5. 5
    An orchestrated attempt to convince somebody with an addiction or other psychological problem to seek professional help and/or change their behavior. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others wordnet
  2. 7
    An action taken or procedure performed; an operation. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  3. 8
    the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.) wordnet
  4. 9
    a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French intervention, from Latin interventiō. Morphologically intervene + -tion.

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