A week intervenes between Christmas and New Year's Day.
The President was asked to intervene in the coal strike.
SYNONYM(S): mediate, intercede.Useful english dictionary. 2012.
in|ter|ven|ient — «IHN tuhr VEEN yuhnt», adjective. 1. intervening, as in place, time, order, or action. 2. = incidental. (Cf. ↑incidental) … Useful english dictionary
in|ter|ven|tion|al — «IHN tuhr VEHN shuh nuhl», adjective. of or having to do with intervention … Useful english dictionary
in|ter|ven|tion|ism — «IHN tuhr VEHN shuh nihz uhm», noun. the favoring of intervention, especially in international affairs … Useful english dictionary
in|ter|ven|tion|ist — «IHN tuhr VEHN shuh nihst», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a person who favors intervention, especially in the affairs of another country. 2. Medicine. a person who favors medical intervention in the course of a disease rather than leaving the patient… … Useful english dictionary
in|ter|ven|tion — «IHN tuhr VEHN shuhn», noun. 1. an intervening or interfering in any affair, so as to affect its course or issue: »The strike was settled by the intervention of the President. 2. interference by one nation in the affairs of another. 3. an… … Useful english dictionary
in|ter|ven|tor — «IHN tuhr VEHN tuhr», noun. 1. (in Latin America) a person appointed by a government to intervene in the affairs of a company, agency, or other organization, during a time of dispute: »The Castro regime appointed an “interventor” to run Cuban… … Useful english dictionary
in|ter|ven|tric|u|lar — «IHN tuhr vehn TRIHK yuh luhr», adjective. between the ventricles of the heart or brain … Useful english dictionary
non|in|ter|ven|tion|ist — «NON ihn tuhr VEHN shuh nihst», noun, adjective. –n. a person who favors or advocates nonintervention: »The Greek ecclesiastics are noninterventionists (Saturday Review). –adj. that favors or advocates nonintervention: »The government s… … Useful english dictionary
non|in|ter|ven|tion — «NON ihn tuhr vehnsmh>shuhn», noun. 1. failure or refusal to intervene. 2. the systematic avoidance of any interference by a nation in the affairs of other nations or of its own states, provinces, or the like. SYNONYM(S): neutrality … Useful english dictionary
ven — ven·a·to·ri·al; ven·co·la; ven·da; ven·dace; ven·dage; ven·da·val; ven·det·ta; ven·deuse; ven·di·tion; ven·dor; ven·due; ven·e·na·tion; ven·e·nif·er·ous; ven·e·nous; ven·er·abil·i·ty; ven·er·able·ness; ven·er·ably; ven·er·a·cea; ven·er·ate;… … English syllables
