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intervention
[ in-ter-ven-shuhn ]
noun
- the act or fact of coming or occurring between two people, things, or times:
Squabbling siblings generally work things out themselves, but this fight called for parental intervention.
Even the intervention of 20 years hadn’t erased their mutual dislike.
- interposition or interference of one state in the affairs of another:
The UN’s prohibition of armed intervention in the civil war can easily be criticized as antihumanitarian.
- a planned confrontation of someone engaging in self-destructive behavior, such as substance abuse, to convince them to seek treatment:
She thought her drinking was a well-kept secret until she came home to find six of her siblings and friends ready to conduct an intervention.
- Education. a targeted short-term teaching strategy for students with specific needs:
Reading interventions kept several of her students from having to switch to remedial classes.
- Medicine/Medical. a treatment, procedure, or other action taken to prevent or treat disease, or to improve health in other ways:
The patient has responded well to nonpharmacological interventions for high blood pressure.
intervention
/ ˌɪԳəˈɛʃə /
noun
- the act of intervening
- any interference in the affairs of others, esp by one state in the affairs of another
- economics the action of a central bank in supporting the international value of a currency by buying large quantities of the currency to keep the price up
- commerce the action of the EU in buying up surplus produce when the market price drops to a certain value
Derived Forms
- ˌԳٱˈԳپDzԲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ٱ··پDz· ·ٱ··پDz·· adjective
- ··ٱ··پDz adjective
- ··ٱ··پDz noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of intervention1
Example Sentences
The potential for injury requiring medical intervention for rodeo athletes is high, a study published in the Kansas Journal of Medicine said.
It’s as much an intervention as it is an intermission, making its audience keenly aware of the many other limits and borders that structure the film.
“In my view, nothing about this case demanded our immediate intervention,” Kagan wrote.
Its military interventions in Syria are fuelling conflict with both external powers like Turkey, and with internal groups like jihadists in the country's south.
He's not talking about interventions; the U.S. government, of course, has intervened in other countries' affairs, and, in fact, overturned, democratically elected governments during the Cold War.
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