[{"word":"intervenes","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.","synonyms":["interfere","step in"],"antonyms":[],"example":"The police had to be called to intervene in the fight."},{"definition":"To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"An instant intervened between the flash and the report."},{"definition":"To occur or act as an obstacle or delay.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Nothing intervened to prevent the undertaking."},{"definition":"To say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people.","synonyms":["interrupt"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To come between, or to be between, persons or things.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa."},{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"an application for leave (i.e. permission) to intervene"}],"synonyms":["interfere","step in","interrupt"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intervene","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intervenes"]}]