Intervenes

Word INTERVENES
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Definitions and meanings of "Intervenes"

What do we mean by intervenes?

To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.

To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events.

To occur or act as an obstacle or delay.

To say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people.

To come between, or to be between, persons or things.

In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter.

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The word "intervenes" in example sentences

If scientists are predisposed to seek out natural law explanations, an intelligent mind that intervenes is likewise ruled out in a priori fashion. ❋ Unknown (2005)

A candidate in whose behalf a member of Parliament intervenes is refused appointment or promotion, as the case may, if he cannot show that he was ignorant of the attempt to use political influence in his support. ❋ Unknown (1907)

You wait till a week or a month passes; till some distance, in short, intervenes between you and the matter; and then your excitement, your fever, your wrath, have gone down, as the matter has lost its freshness; and now you see the case calmly, you see it very differently indeed from the fashion in which you saw it first; you conclude that now you see it rightly. ❋ Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd (1862)

Department intervenes, which is why some Democrats in Alabama bent the ear of Attorney General Eric Holder on his recent trip to Birmingham. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Here slang intervenes and takes it up: Candle, camoufle. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In particular it is undesirable to omit that when a long clause or phrase intervenes between it and the subject and verb it introduces, as in the first four examples. ❋ Unknown (1908)

A miracle is a grace intervening in things, just as grace properly so-called intervenes in human actions. ❋ ��mile Faguet (1881)

Then memory intervenes, which is under the obligation to give everything meaning, and you recognize it, for example, as another person. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Inasmuch as God is defined as something or someone over against and distinct from the universe, then one is going to inevitably think of God as an additional and external entity who "intervenes". ❋ James F. McGrath (2009)

As Annan himself has said, we applaud the policeman who "intervenes" to stop a fight, or the teacher who tries to prevent bullying and fighting; and a doctor "intervenes" to save patients 'lives. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Didiza's office that it "intervenes" in the affairs of the National ❋ Unknown (2001)

Brown 'intervenes' in BA strike row photo: Public Domain/Arpingstone ❋ Unknown (2010)

Brown 'intervenes' in BA strike row photo: Creative Commons/Rafboy15 photo: Creative Commons/allenthepostman ❋ Unknown (2010)

Brown 'intervenes' in BA strike row photo: Creative Commons/allenthepostman ❋ Unknown (2010)

Brown 'intervenes' in BA strike row photo: The Council of the European Union ❋ Unknown (2010)

Brown 'intervenes' in BA strike row photo: AP/Lefteris Pitarakis, Pool ❋ Unknown (2010)

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