verb🔗ShareIntervenir, s'immiscerTo become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action."The police had to be called to intervene in the fight."La police a dû être appelée pour intervenir dans la bagarre.actionsituationpoliticsgovernmentlawpoliceieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareIntervenir, survenirTo occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events."An instant intervened between the flash and the report."Un instant s'est écoulé entre l'éclair et le bruit.timeeventactionieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareIntervenir, s'interposerTo occur or act as an obstacle or delay."Nothing intervened to prevent the undertaking."Rien n'est intervenu pour empêcher l'entreprise.actioneventprocessieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareIntervenir, s'immiscerTo say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people."During the family dinner, my sister intervened to explain why she was late. "Pendant le dîner familial, ma sœur est intervenue pour expliquer pourquoi elle était en retard.communicationactionsocietylanguageieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareIntervenir, s'interposerTo come between, or to be between, persons or things."The Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa."La Méditerranée s'interpose entre l'Europe et l'Afrique.actioneventsituationsocietypoliticsieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareIntervenirIn a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter."an application for leave (i.e. permission) to intervene"une demande d'autorisation d'intervenirlawpoliticsieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading