'Intervention' definitions:

Definition of 'intervention'

From: WordNet
noun
The act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.); "it occurs without human intervention" [syn: intervention, intercession]
noun
A policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries [syn: intervention, interference] [ant: noninterference, nonintervention]
noun
The act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others [syn: interposition, intervention]
noun
(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; "the purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits"
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Care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) [syn: treatment, intervention]

Definition of 'Intervention'

From: GCIDE
  • Intervention \In`ter*ven"tion\, n. [L. interventio an interposition: cf. F. intervention.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. The act of intervening; interposition. [1913 Webster]
  • Sound is shut out by the intervention of that lax membrane. --Holder. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; -- the intervention of one state in the affairs of another is typically unwelcome by the state being intervened in, but some cases of mediation between states may be called intervention. Opposed to nonintervention. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the intervention, of any foreign power. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Civil Law) The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'intervention'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Intervention'