Translate intervention | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of intervention
noun
[mass noun] the action or process of intervening:a high degree of state intervention in the economy [count noun]:repeated interventions by central banks interference by a state in another’s affairs:the government was reported to be considering military intervention action taken to improve a medical disorder:two patients were referred for surgical intervention [count noun] an occasion on which a person with an addiction or other behavioural problem is confronted by a group of friends or family members in an attempt to persuade them to address the issue:as her health worsened, her daughters considered staging an intervention
