See Also: Intervention(medicine)
intervention(dictionary)
intervention(dictionary)
Intervention(health)
Intervention(finance)
non-intervention(dictionary)
crisis intervention(medicine)
intervention studies(medicine)
Peripheral Intervention(health)
psychosocial intervention(medicine)

intervention (iou)



intervention noun. LME.
[French, or Latin interventio(n-), from intervent- pa. ppl stem of intervenire: see INTERVENE, -ION.]
The action or an act of coming between or interfering, esp. so as to modify or prevent a result etc.; Law the action or an act of one, not originally a party to a suit, who intervenes. LME.
N. Chomsky A massive American intervention in the internal affairs of Laos in an effort to defeat the..insurgents. G. Winokur Depression is a clinical state often requiring intervention.
Intermediate agency; the fact of coming in or being employed as an intermediary. M17.
A. Brookner A world from which Oscar had been miraculously freed by the intervention of chance.
The fact of coming or being situated between in place, time, or order. M17.
Adam Smith Notwithstanding the intervention of one or two dear years.
b. An intervening thing, event, or period of time. L17.
interventional adjective of or pertaining to intervention E19.
interventionism noun the principle or practice of intervention E20.
interventionist noun a person who favours intervention M19.