'Intervening' definitions:
Definition of 'intervening'
From: WordNet
adjective
Occurring or falling between events or points in time; "so much had happened during the intervening years"
Definition of 'Intervening'
From: GCIDE
- Intervene \In`ter*vene"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intervened; p. pr. & vb. n. Intervening.] [L. intervenire, interventum, to intervene, to hinder; inter between + venire to come; akin to E. come: cf. F. intervenir. See Come.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. --Abbott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intervening'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arbitrational,
- arbitrative,
- coming between,
- going between,
- intercessional,
- intercessory,
- intercurrent,
- interjacent,
- interlocutory,
- intermedial,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermediatory,
- intervenient,
- interventional,
- mean,
- medial,
- median,
- mediating,
- mediative,
- mediatorial,
- mediatory,
- medium,
- mesne,
- middle,
- pacificatory