intervention
intervention Lexical Profile
intervention Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The action or process of intentionally becoming involved in a difficult situation in order to improve it or prevent it from getting worse.
"Early educational intervention can help struggling readers catch up with their peers."
Interference by a country or state in the internal or foreign affairs of another nation, using political, economic, or diplomatic pressure.
"The international community debated whether diplomatic intervention was necessary to resolve the border crisis."
Any medical procedure, therapy, or clinical treatment undertaken to modify, cure, or prevent a health condition.
"The cardiologist recommended dietary changes before considering surgical intervention."
An orchestrated meeting in which friends and family confront a person regarding a self-destructive addiction or behavior and urge them to accept professional treatment.
"His family staged a compassionate intervention to persuade him to enter a rehabilitation program."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 15th century from Late Latin interventionem, a noun of action from the past participle stem of Latin intervenire ('to come between, interrupt'), formed from inter- ('between') and venire ('to come').