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How to pronounce intervention in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms interposition
Type of positioning, locating, placement, position, location, emplacement
Type Words
Synonyms interference
Type of foreign policy
Type Words
Synonyms treatment
Type of aid, attention, care, tending
Has types autogenics, chiropractic, acupuncture, detoxification, acupressure, fomentation, g-jo, hydropathy, hydrotherapy, stylostixis, shiatsu, rest-cure, osteopathy, osteoclasis, orthoptics, orthodontic treatment, naturopathy, massage, medical aid, naprapathy, medical care, modality, autogenic therapy, autogenic training
Type Words
Synonyms intercession
Type of participation, involvement, involution, engagement
Has types mediation, intermediation
Derivation intervene


it occurs without human intervention.
Type Words
Type of proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings


the purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits.

Examples of intervention

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We hope to soon find new routes of intervention to treat this incurable disease.
From the sciencedaily.com
Back in Benghazi, there had been similar ambivalence about foreign intervention.
From the time.com
From the Kremlin's point of view, there is still a strong case for intervention.
From the time.com
Our economy has begun to respond to this massive and unprecedented intervention.
From the suntimes.com
The people of Libya cannot take another month of such humanitarian intervention.
From the infowars.com
Romney appealed for an intervention from the ref, CNN moderator Anderson Cooper.
From the suntimes.com
Sometimes the curator's intervention is so subtle that you could easily miss it.
From the telegraph.co.uk
We need not relate it to this intervention in any other way except in principle.
From the guardian.co.uk
This is an important intervention point that is being missed by many physicians.
From the sciencedaily.com
More examples
  • The act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.); "it occurs without human intervention"
  • A policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
  • Interposition: the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others
  • (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; "the purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary ...
  • Treatment: care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
  • (intervene) get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"
  • Intervention is the debut full length album of the Metalcore band Finest Hour, it was released on March 21, 2007 over the Label Divenia Records.
  • An intervention is an orchestrated attempt by one, or often many, people (usually family and friends) to get someone to seek professional help with an addiction or some kind of traumatic event or crisis, or other serious problem. ...
  • "Intervention" is the fourth episode in the fourth season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 68th overall. It originally aired on October 13, 2008.