- to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate.
- to occur or be between two things.
- to occur or happen between other events or periods: Nothing important intervened between the meetings.
- (of things) to occur incidentally so as to modify or hinder: We enjoyed the picnic until a thunderstorm intervened.
- to interfere with force or a threat of force: to intervene in the affairs of another country.
- to interpose and become a party to a suit pending between other parties.
- to take a decisive or intrusive role (in) in order to modify or determine events or their outcome
- to come or be (among or between)
- (of a period of time) to occur between events or points in time
- (of an event) to disturb or hinder a course of action
- to take action to affect the market forces of an economy, esp to maintain the stability of a currency
- to interpose and become a party to a legal action between others, esp in order to protect one's interests
