intervene meaning and definition

INTERVENE verb

Definition of intervene (verb)

1. 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?"
   • synonyms: interfere, interpose, step in
2. be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events
   • "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"
3. occur between other event or between certain points of time
   • "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"