Definition of
Intervention
- (noun, act) care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
- (noun, act) (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings
- (noun, act) the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others
- (noun, act) the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)
- (noun, communication) a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
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Alternate forms of Intervention
Derivations: intervene
Hyponyms: acupressure, acupuncture, autogenic therapy, autogenic training, autogenics, chiropractic, detoxification, fomentation, g-jo, hydropathy, hydrotherapy, intermediation, massage, mediation, medical aid, medical care, modality, naprapathy, naturopathy, orthodontic treatment, orthoptics, osteoclasis, osteopathy, rest-cure, shiatsu, stylostixis
Hypernyms: aid, attention, care, emplacement, engagement, foreign policy, involution, involvement, legal proceeding, locating, location, participation, placement, position, positioning, proceeding, proceedings, tending
Origin of the word Intervention
- early 15c., from L.L. interventionem (nom. interventio) "an interposing," noun of action from pp. stem of L. intervenire "to come between, interrupt," from inter- "between" + venire "come" (see venue). more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
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