English-Thai Dictionary

intervene

VI สอดแทรก  แทรก  ยื่นมือ เข้ามา ยุ่ง  เข้า ขวาง  mediate interfere ignore sod-seak

 

intervene

VI เกิดขึ้น  happen occur koed-kuan

 

intervene between

PHRV เข้ามา แทรก ระหว่าง  แทรกแซง ระหว่าง  interpose between kao-ma-sank-ra-wang

 

intervene in

PHRV ช่วย กั้น ขวาง  ช่วย ขวาง  interpose in chue-kan-kwang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTERVENE

v.i.[L. intervenio; inter and venio, to come. ] 1. To come or be between persons or things; to be situated between. Thus the Atlantic intervenes between Europe and America; the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
2. To come between points or time or events; as the period that intervened between the treaty of Ryswick and the treaty of Utrecht.
3. To happen in a way to disturb, cross or interrupt. Events may intervene to frustrate our purposes or wishes.
4. To interpose or undertake voluntarily for another. A third party may intervene and accept a bill of exchange for another.

 

INTERVENE

n.A coming between. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INTERVENE

In `ter *vene ", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intervened; p. pr. & vb. n.Intervening. ] Etym: [L. intervenire, interventum, to intervene, to hinder; inter between + venire to come; akin to E. come: cf. F. intervenir. See Come. ]

 

1. To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.

 

2. To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution ) to prevent the undertaking.

 

3. To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.

 

4. In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter. Abbott.

 

INTERVENE

INTERVENE In `ter *vene ", v. t.

 

Defn: To come between. [R.] Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc. , intervening the different estates. De Quincey.

 

INTERVENE

INTERVENE In `ter *vene ", n.

 

Defn: A coming between; intervention; meeting. [Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton.

 

INTERVENER

INTERVENER In `ter *ven "er, n.

 

Defn: One who intervenes; especially (Law ), a person who assumes a part in a suit between others.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

intervene

in ter vene |ˌintərˈvēn ˌɪn (t )ərˈvin | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 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 | [ with infinitive ] : 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: [ with direct speech ] : “It's true! ” he intervened. • Law interpose in a lawsuit as a third party. 2 (usu. as adj. intervening ) occur in time between events: to occupy the intervening months, she took a job in a hospital. • be situated between things: they heard the sound of distant gunfire, muffled by the intervening trees. DERIVATIVES in ter ven er noun, in ter ven ient |-ˈvēnyənt |adjective, in ter ve nor |-ˈvēnər |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘come in as an extraneous factor or thing ’): from Latin intervenire, from inter- ‘between ’ + venire ‘come. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

intervene

inter |vene |ɪntəˈviːn | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 take part in something so as to prevent or alter a result or course of events: he acted outside his authority when he intervened in the dispute | [ with infinitive ] : 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: [ with direct speech ] : ‘It's true! ’ he intervened. • Law become involved in a lawsuit as a third party. 2 (usu. as adj. intervening ) occur in the time between events: to occupy the intervening months she took a job in a hospital. • be situated between things: they heard the sound of distant gunfire, muffled by the intervening trees. DERIVATIVES intervener noun, intervenient adjective, intervenor noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘come in as an extraneous factor or thing ’): from Latin intervenire, from inter- ‘between ’ + venire ‘come ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

intervene

intervene verb 1 had the war not intervened, they might have married: occur, happen, take place, arise, crop up, come about; literary come to pass, befall, betide. 2 she intervened in the dispute: intercede, involve oneself, get involved, interpose oneself, step in; mediate, referee; interfere, intrude, meddle, interrupt.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

intervene

intervene verb 1 had the war not intervened, they might have married: occur, happen, take place, arise, crop up, materialize, come about; result, ensue, follow, supervene; literary come to pass, befall, betide; archaic hap. 2 she intervened in the row and drew up new guidelines: intercede, involve oneself, get involved, interpose oneself, insinuate oneself, step in, cut in; mediate, arbitrate, conciliate, negotiate, act as peacemaker, act as an intermediary; interfere, intrude.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

intervene

in ter vene /ɪ̀ntə r víːn /〖inter (間に )vene (来る )〗動詞 ～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; -vening 自動詞 1 〈人などが 〉 (けんか 戦争などを終わらせるために ) «…に » 干渉する «in » ; «…の間を » 仲裁する, 調停する «between » ▸ intervene in internal affairs 内政に干渉する 2 〈物 事が 〉じゃまに入る; 〈人が 〉 (会話に )割り込む ▸ He will come if nothing intervenes .何もじゃまが入らなければ彼は来るでしょう 3 〈時期が 〉【2つの事の間に 】入る [起こる ], 介在する «between » .4 〘法 〙〈第三者が 〉訴訟に参加する .ì n ter v é n er 名詞 C 仲裁人 ; 〘法 〙訴訟参加者 .