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English noun: intervention | |||
| 1. | intervention (act) the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.) | ||
| Samples | It occurs without human intervention. | ||
| Synonyms | intercession | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | engagement, involution, involvement, participation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | intermediation, mediation | ||
| 2. | intervention (communication) a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries | ||
| Synonyms | interference | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | foreign policy | ||
| Antonyms | noninterference, nonintervention | ||
| 3. | intervention (act) the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others | ||
| Synonyms | interposition | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | emplacement, locating, location, placement, position, positioning | ||
| 4. | intervention (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 | ||
| Samples | The purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 5. | intervention (act) care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) | ||
| Synonyms | treatment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aid, attention, care, tending | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acupressure, acupuncture, autogenic therapy, autogenic training, autogenics, chiropractic, detoxification, fomentation, G-Jo, hydropathy, hydrotherapy, massage, medical aid, medical care, modality, naprapathy, naturopathy, orthodontic treatment, orthoptics, osteoclasis, osteopathy, rest-cure, shiatsu, stylostixis | ||
| Part holonym | curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic | ||
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