All 6 Uses of
intervene
in
Dubliners
- I wished to annihilate the tedious intervening days.†
Chpt 3
- There had been no open complicity between mother and daughter, no open understanding but, though people in the house began to talk of the affair, still Mrs. Mooney did not intervene.†
Chpt 7
- At last, when she judged it to be the right moment, Mrs. Mooney intervened.†
Chpt 7
- "I haven't such a bad opinion of the Jesuits," he said, intervening at length.†
Chpt 14
- Mr. Cunningham intervened promptly.†
Chpt 14 *
- She had worked herself into a passion and would have continued in defence of her sister for it was a sore subject with her but Mary Jane, seeing that all the dancers had come back, intervened pacifically: "Now, Aunt Kate, you're giving scandal to Mr. Browne who is of the other persuasion."†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(intervene as in: intervened in the war) the process of getting involved to influence an outcomeThe exact meaning of intervention can depend upon its context. For example:
- "intervention program for at-risk youth" -- a process of trying to influence the direction of someone's life
- "medical intervention" -- action taken to improve a medical outcome
- "military intervention" -- interference by a government in affairs of another government (in this case to interfere militarily)
- "had a family intervention" -- an organized meeting of family members to encourage someone (who is often surprised) to recognize and work at solving a problem such as substance abuse