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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTERVEN'TION, n. [L. interventio.]
1. A state of coming or being between; interposition. Light is not interrupted by the intervention of a transparent body.
2. Agency of persons between persons; interposition; mediation; any interference that may affect the interests of others.
Let us decide our quarrels at home without the intervention of a foreign power.
3. Agency of means or instruments; as, effects are produced by the intervention of natural causes.
4. Interposition in favor of another; a voluntary undertaking of one party for another. A bill of exchange may be accepted by the intervention of a third person in behalf of the drawer or of one of the indorsers.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.); "it occurs without human intervention" [syn: intervention, intercession]
2: a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries [syn: intervention, interference] [ant: noninterference, nonintervention]
3: the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others [syn: interposition, intervention]
4: (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"
5: care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) [syn: treatment, intervention]

Merriam Webster's

noun see intervene

U.S. Military Dictionary

Action taken to divert a unit or force from its track, flight path, or mission.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of intervening. 2 interference, esp. by a State in another's affairs. 3 mediation. Etymology: ME f. F intervention or L interventio (as INTERVENE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. --Holder. 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. --Sir W. Temple. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(interventions) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Intervention is the act of intervening in a situation. ...the role of the United States and its intervention in the internal affairs of many countries. ...military interventions. N-VAR: oft N in n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Interposition, interference. 2. Mediation, agency.

Moby Thesaurus

encroachment, entrance, entrenchment, impingement, imposition, incursion, infiltration, influx, infringement, injection, inroad, insinuation, interagency, intercession, intercurrence, interference, interjacence, interjection, interlocation, interloping, intermediacy, intermediation, interposition, interposure, interruption, intervenience, intrusion, invasion, involvement, irruption, mediation, obtrusion, sandwiching, stepping in, trespass, trespassing, unlawful entry