intervention

[In`ter*ven·tion]

An intervention is the act of inserting one thing between others, like a person trying to help. You could be the subject of a school intervention if your teachers call your parents about the bad grades you've been hiding.

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The act of intervening; interposition.

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 in

Noun
the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute)

Noun
a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries


n.
The act of intervening; interposition.

n.
Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; mediation.

n.
The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.


Intervention

In`ter*ven"tion , n. [L. interventio an interposition: cf. F. intervention.] 1. The act of intervening; interposition.
Sound is shut out by the intervention of that lax membrane.
2. Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; mediation.
Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the intervention, of any foreign power.
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.

The act of intervening; interposition.

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Usage Examples

Global political conditions make a direct American intervention difficult, but President Reagan's messianic and visceral attitude toward the Nicaraguan revolution could mean it will happen as an act of desperation.

We need to accept the seemingly obvious fact that a toxic environment can make people sick and that no amount of medical intervention can protect us. The health care community must become a powerful political lobby for environmental policy and legislation.

The FHA's success provides strong evidence that government can and should play a role in the nation's mortgage finance system. It also demonstrates that although government intervention in the economy during the Great Recession was messy, things would have been a lot messier without it.

What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.

Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities, media coverage, and individual counselling to initiate changes in behaviour.

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Other Usage Examples

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

I have long been a supporter of the Head Start program because each and every year I witness the dramatic positive impact that early intervention services have on children's lives in my congressional district.

What if the Soviet intervention was a blessing in disguise? It saved the myth that if the Soviets were not to intervene, there would have been some flowering authentic democratic socialism and so on. I'm a little bit more of a pessimist there. I think that the Soviets - it's a very sad lesson - by their intervention, saved the myth.

Without intervention today, the cost of care for adults with autism will be significantly greater and the burden will no longer lie with the parents, but on our entire society.

The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and underclass shows that ending discrimination, by itself, would not eradicate black poverty and dysfunction. We also need intervention to promulgate a middle-class ethic of success among the poor, while expanding opportunities for economic betterment.

A treatment method or an educational method that will work for one child may not work for another child. The one common denominator for all of the young children is that early intervention does work, and it seems to improve the prognosis.

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