Synonyms for intervention


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-ter-ven-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn tərˈvɛn ʃən


Définition of intervention

Origin :
  • early 15c., "intercession, intercessory prayer," from Middle French intervention or directly from Late Latin interventionem (nominative interventio) "an interposing," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin intervenire "to come between, interrupt," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + venire "come" (see venue).
  • noun the act of intervening
  • noun armed interference
Example sentences :
  • There was no opportunity for its intervention while the melley lasted.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • It is only by the intervention of a miracle that we can ever revisit the dear, lamented fields of Clwyd.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • The intervention of the retinue of Roderic was scarcely admitted.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • He prayed, too, that there might be no need for his intervention.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • It is not an intervention of public interest that is usually welcomed.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • Only she felt at this instant too the intervention of still other things.
  • Extract from : « The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 » by Henry James
  • This betrothal was an intervention that had never entered into any of his thoughts or dreams of her.
  • Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
  • Many of them publicly recanted and proclaimed their conversion to intervention.
  • Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
  • The party of intervention, however, was still active and full of ardour.
  • Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
  • America calmly resisted all appeals for annexation or for intervention in Cuba.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of Spain » by Mary Platt Parmele

Antonyms for intervention

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